Electrical Engineer at SAIC in North Charleston, SC

Electrical Engineer

Location: North Charleston, SC, United States

SAIC is seeking an Electrical Engineer for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.

Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to):

• Develop a modular, power distribution architecture for distributed maritime sensors
• Integrate voltage-level negotiation for subsystems (similar to that of USB-C PD)
• Incorporate renewable energy solutions such as wave harnessing, solar, peltier into a system architecture for improved persistence
• Perform power budget analysis to inform power system and support sensing, communication, and edge processing operations of complex systems
• Develop designs for signal/power PCBs using best practices for trace routing, thermal management, signal isolation, and grounding

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and nine (5) years of experience; four (4) years additional in lieu of degree
• Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems to toggle power amongst sub-systems/components (C++, microPython, circuitPython, standard Python)
• Development of DC power distribution architectures
• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems

Required Clearance:

• No clearance required to start, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of renewables and integration of various technologies to improve system performance
• Familiarity with marine connectors and knowledge of electrical systems in highly corrosive environments
• Experience developing system-level electrical architecture with minimal oversight
• Knowledge of standard RF principles
• Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, Ethernet protocols (desired)
• PCB design for DC power distribution.in small, distributed (IoT) systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, and modular design (desired)

SAIC® is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.