Electrical Engineer Job Listing at SAIC in North Charleston, SC (Job ID 2615717)

Description

Description

SAIC has an opening for an Electrical Engineer to support the TTADS NIWC LANT team at our customer site in Charleston, SC.  

Job Duties:

• Perform engineering design, development, integration, and testing of electrical, embedded, and electromechanical systems for prototype and field-deployed applications.
• Apply independent engineering judgment to evaluate requirements, develop technical solutions, select components and technologies, and resolve hardware and system-level problems.
• Design and develop electrical systems, schematics, PCBs, interfaces, and supporting documentation using engineering tools such as Altium Designer.
• Integrate embedded computing platforms, networking and communications equipment, sensors, payloads, and other hardware into complete functional systems.
• Plan and execute system-level testing, analyze failures and performance issues, and develop engineering solutions or design modifications based on test results.
• Take technical ownership of assigned projects or subsystems from initial requirements and concept development through design, prototyping, integration, testing, and field deployment.
• Work side-by-side with government/customer personnel on a daily basis, serving as a direct technical interface to understand operational needs, provide engineering support, communicate technical recommendations, and rapidly develop solutions to emerging requirements and issues.
• Balance technical performance, customer requirements, cost, schedule, reliability, and operational constraints when making engineering decisions and developing solutions.

Qualifications

• BS degree and two (2) or more years of work experience; four (4) years in lieu of degree.
• Electrical engineering and hands-on hardware development experience.
• PCB design experience with Altium.
• Experience with hardware/software integration and system-level testing.
• Familiarity with networking technologies, including Silvus.
• Experience with Raspberry Pi or similar embedded platforms.
• Hands-on soldering, cable fabrication, crimping, and product assembly skills.
• Experience with drones, trackers, or other field-deployed systems.