Electrical Engineer

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

Roles/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:

• Bachelor's degree and nine (9) 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

Required Clearance:

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a secret security clearance. Active clearance preferred