Step into the role

In this role, you will lead the Requirements Engineering and Test & Verification function, providing strategic assurance across programs and customer commitments. You will ensure that methods, tools, and processes enable compliant, efficient, and high-quality verification with full end-to-end traceability. By developing team competence and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration, you will enable the organization to meet business objectives as well as regulatory and customer requirements.

Key responsibilities

• The role includes full staff responsibility and accountability for a safe and compliant work environment, including the laboratory.

• The role also includes responsibility for recruitment and resource allocation, ensuring that we have the right competencies in place for our projects.

• Define department objectives, roadmaps, and budgets for a 1–2 year horizon, aligning verification strategy and lab capabilities with business goals.

• Direct Test & Verification Laboratory operations, investment priorities, scheduling, and calibration to maximize availability, safety, and throughput.

• Be responsible for the hardware validation lab and test infrastructure, including definition of HW/SW needs, procurement, scheduling, calibration, safety, and availability to support efficient test execution.

• Develop, own, and continuously improve requirements management and verification policies, methods, templates, tools, and configuration control processes.

• Govern traceability from requirements to test cases, procedures, and acceptance evidence, ensuring complete coverage, auditability, and compliance.

• Lead and coach specialists to build capacity, capabilities, and succession across requirements engineering and verification disciplines.

• Coordinate cross-functional improvement initiatives with PMO, Systems Engineering, Hardware, Software, and Product Management to accelerate delivery and quality.

• Fulfill other leadership responsibilities as needed to advance team performance and MilDef’s business concept.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum five years’ experience leading test and verification functions in regulated or defense environments, including hands-on experience from working in lab environments.

• Completed and verifiable leadership development program or equivalent formal training.

• Proven track record in defining and governing requirements and verification processes, tool chains, and configuration control.

• Experience in strategic planning, budgeting, and resource management for specialist engineering functions.

• Applied knowledge of ISO 15288, ISO 9001, and military standards (e.g., MIL-STD, DEF STAN), including audit preparation.

• Proficiency in Swedish and English, spoken and written.

Bonus skills and experience

• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline.

• Certifications such as International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) ASEP/CSEP and International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).

• Training in verification and validation (V&V), laboratory safety, or requirements engineering.

• Background in managing verification laboratories or environmental qualification programs.

• Hands-on experience with requirements and test management tools (e.g., IBM DOORS, Polarion, Jama, TestRail).

• Experience with Ministry of Defence (MoD) or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) frameworks.

• Experience leading transformation or scaling of specialist engineering organizations.

Get to know us

At MilDef, you'll be part of a company that values hands-on involvement and cross-functional collaboration. We offer the opportunity to develop new skills, contribute to a variety of projects, and make a tangible impact on our business's success.

If you're driven and ready for a challenging and rewarding role, apply now!

Do you want to know more about us? MilDef.com

For further information, please contact Robert Olsson, Business Manager Solutions or Norea Wiklund Mafi, HR.

Important information

We conduct background checks and drug tests on all our future colleagues before employment.

Due to the holiday period, the recruitment process will proceed into 2026. We look forward to receiving applications throughout this period and will review them on an ongoing basis.

MilDef - WE ARMOR IT.

MilDef is a global systems integrator and full-spectrum provider specializing in rugged IT for defense and security domains. MilDef provides hardware, software and services that shield and protect critical information streams and systems, when and where the stakes are the highest.

MilDef’s products are sold to more than 200 customers through companies in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Australia. MilDef was founded in 1997 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2021.

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