Senior Electrical Engineer

SAIC; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer in North Charleston, SC to design, develop, troubleshoot, test, and support CAC2s hardware and system integration for maritime sensors.

You will lead power distribution architectures, interface with microcontrollers, and ensure system reliability in corrosive marine environments while incorporating renewables for persistence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of experience.
• Experience developing DC power distribution architectures.
• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems.
• PCB design for DC power distribution in small distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop a modular power distribution architecture for distributed maritime sensors.
• Integrate voltage-level negotiation for subsystems (USB-C PD-like).
• Incorporate renewables such as wave harvesting, solar, and Peltier into system architecture.
• Perform power budget analysis to inform power, sensing, communication, and edge processing.
• Design PCBs for power and signal with proper routing, thermal management, grounding, and isolation.

Skills

Power distribution architecture

Microcontroller interfacing

Renewables integration

Signal/power PCB design

RF principles

Troubleshooting

Independent problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

UART/I2C/RS232/RS485/USB/Ethernet protocols

Job description

SAIC is seeking a highly motivated Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team, supporting the design, development, troubleshooting, testing, and in-service support of the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2s) program for our customer site in North Charleston, SC .

Roles/Responsibilities

• 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

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience

Relevant Background/Experience

• Development of DC power distribution architectures
• Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems to toggle power amongst sub-systems/components
• Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, Ethernet protocols
• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems
• PCB design for DC power distribution.in small, distributed (IoT) systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, and modular design

Desired Skills

• Power Distribution Design for DC Systems
• PCB Design (Power and Signal)
• Proven development of power control systems for low SWaP architectures to improve or maintain persistence on power source
• Experience with microcontrollers (C++, microPython, circuitPython, standard Python) for interfacing with sensors, relays, etc.
• 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
• Self-starter who will attack problems and is capable of identifying problems, developing solutions, and troubleshooting systems independently

Clearance

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.