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Company: SAIC
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Career Level: Mid-Senior Level
Industries: Technology, Software, IT, Electronics

Description

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Principal Electrical Engineer as part of a team providing hardware and software development solutions to the US Army C5ISR Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Job Description:

Use your analytical engineering skills to identify and manage electrical/electronic requirements and translate those requirements into system architecture, hardware and firmware designs for military vehicles.

 

Typical Duties:

  • Perform power budget analysis for fixed and mounted computing environment systems

  • Perform circuit design, analysis, simulation and component selection for high availability, high reliability and low Size, Weight and Power (SWAP) environments

  • Direct design verification testing (DVT) of new electronic designs

  • Generate and review documentation for a Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with the design, development, unit test, and integration of hardware/firmware components

  • Assess technical and integration risks and identify mitigations

  • Review test plans and procedures

  • Review and adjudicate Deficiency Reports

  • Review relevant milestone contract deliverables and provide recommendations across the life cycle of a development effort

  • Participate in internal peer reviews and formal customer design reviews

  • Mentor junior engineers

Qualifications

Required Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering and ten (10) years of related experience; four (4) years of experience considered in lieu of degree.

Required Clearance:

  • Must have an active Secret clearance; US Citizenship required.

Required Skills:

  • Knowledge and practical experience in one or more of the following areas:

     

           -  Embedded microcontroller hardware/firmware design and development

          

     

           -  FPGA firmware design, development, verification

     

           -  High speed digital design (e.g. LVDS, GigE, DDR3/DDR4)

     

           -  Analog design for data acquisition systems

     

           -  Switch mode power supply design

     

           -  Motor control

     

           -  EMC (MIL-STD-461)

     

           -  High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) survivability

  • Proficient using MS Office suite, MS Visio, and DE tools. Excellent communication skills and mechanical aptitude.

  • Experience with military communications capabilities, vehicles, and tactical radios is highly desirable. 


Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


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