https://jobs.co.uk/job/uav-concept-engineer-saab-uk--88bd01ab-7674-41d5-97a9-13f44f8eeb4d RSS feed for UAV Concept Engineer at Saab UK. en-gb Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:49:42 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/uav-concept-engineer-saab-uk--88bd01ab-7674-41d5-97a9-13f44f8eeb4d https://jobs.co.uk/job/uav-concept-engineer-saab-uk--88bd01ab-7674-41d5-97a9-13f44f8eeb4d Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Bedford | Salary: Negotiable | Type: Permanent | Introduction: Saab UK is part of Scandinavia''s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. The Role: Blue Bear is a leading autonomy and unmanned systems company. We are seeking a UAV Concept Engineer to strengthen our early-stage design capability: turning requirements and CONOPS into sized, analysed and testable air vehicle concepts through rapid, iterative trade studies. This role is central to our conceptual design loop, by early exploring design trade space and rapidly iterating through geometry, aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, mission and stability. A defining part of this role is closing the loop between analysis and reality. You will synthesise data from bench and flight ... Permanent