Senior Electrical Engineer

Description

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

Qualifications

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

Required Clearance :

REQNUMBER : 2511314

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