About the Company
Saab is a leading defense and security company with a mission to help nations protect their populations and contribute to safety and security for people and societies. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.
The Surveillance Business Area develops advanced technology solutions for surveillance, decision support, and protection against various types of threats. Here you will have the opportunity to work in a high-tech environment where quality, innovation, and collaboration are in focus.
Your Responsibilities
We are now seeking a Quality Leader for Saab. In this role, you will become a key person in ensuring and developing quality within the organization. You will be responsible for driving quality and improvement initiatives, supporting the production organization with quality matters, and contributing to the development of effective processes and ways of working.
You will work both operatively and strategically with quality matters and collaborate closely with quality leaders, managers, project managers, and other key functions within the organization. The role also includes a special responsibility for the IPC Requirement Leader area, where you coordinate business units within Saab and build networks within the competency area related to IPC standards.
Your main responsibilities:
Drive and coordinate quality improvement activities within production and operations.
Troubleshoot, analyze, and identify root causes of quality deviations.
Support the production organization with quality-related matters.
Drive long-term process and quality improvements.
Act as IPC Requirement Leader and coordinate work on IPC standards within Saab.
Participate in and lead improvement projects together with cross-functional teams.
Develop and maintain networks within the quality and standardization field.
Contribute to strengthening quality culture and inspire the organization toward continuous improvements.
Your Profile
We are looking for someone with higher education in engineering or other relevant education and experience with quality assurance work in production operations, preferably in the electronics or mechanics field.
We would like you to have:
Experience with quality work in manufacturing industry.
Solid knowledge of IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or IPC-640.
Ability to analyze problems and drive improvement work.
Good communication skills in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
Experience working cross-functionally and creating good collaborations.
A solution-oriented, analytical, and business-like approach.
It is highly meriting if you also have experience with:
ISO 9001 and/or EN9100
J-STD-001
DMAIC
RCA (Root Cause Analysis)
LEAN
Six Sigma
As a person, you are independent, structured, and have high integrity. You thrive in a role with many contact points and are motivated by creating improvements, developing ways of working, and driving change together with others.
The position requires that you undergo and are approved according to applicable security clearance regulations. For positions where Saab has security classification requirements, this may, where applicable, require certain citizenship.
Application Process
In this recruitment, Saab collaborates with Skill. The position is a consulting assignment where you will initially be employed by Skill with good opportunities for transition to Saab. Selection is made on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the final application deadline – apply today!
If you have any questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact the responsible recruiter Theo Lövkvist at [email protected]
We look forward to receiving your application!