The Role
Designs, develops, tests, troubleshoots, and supports electrical power systems for distributed maritime sensors. Responsibilities include creating modular DC power distribution architectures, integrating voltage negotiation and renewable energy sources, performing power budget analyses, programming microcontrollers, and designing signal and power PCBs. The role requires expertise with embedded communication protocols, low-SWaP IoT systems, marine electrical environments, and independent system-level troubleshooting. A bachelor's degree, two years of experience, U.S. citizenship, and ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance are required.
Summary Generated by Built In
SAIC is seeking a highly motivated 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: (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 two (2) 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
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Two years of relevant experience
- Experience developing DC power distribution architectures
- Experience programming microcontrollers for system monitoring and power control
- Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, and Ethernet protocols
- IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems
- PCB design for DC power distribution in small, distributed IoT systems
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
- Power distribution design for DC systems
- Power and signal PCB design
- Experience developing power control systems for low-SWaP architectures
- Experience with C++, MicroPython, CircuitPython, or Python for sensor and relay interfacing
- Knowledge of renewable energy integration
- Familiarity with marine connectors and electrical systems in corrosive environments
- Experience developing system-level electrical architecture with minimal oversight
- Knowledge of standard RF principles
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