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Junior Hardware Engineer

SAIC

Huntsville, ALJob$80–120K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$80–120K/yr
Location
Huntsville, AL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Junior Hardware Engineer to support its team in Huntsville, Alabama. The role contributes to systems engineering and integration work for ISR and C4ISR programs, translating client requirements into designs, supporting architecture and integration planning, and helping deploy integrated systems. The engineer performs routine technical analyses, documents findings and design decisions, and collaborates with project leads and team members.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems IntegrationSystems EngineeringTechnical Problem SolvingTechnical Instruction InterpretationAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsAttention to DetailSystem ArchitectureAvionics

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Related Technical Discipline2 Years' ExperienceActive Secret ClearanceAbility to Obtain Top Secret Clearance

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Junior Hardware Engineer to support our team located in Huntsville, AL .

The Junior Hardware Engineer will be responsible for but not limited to the following duties:

  • Translate client business requirements into specific system, application, and process designs for complex integrated solutions.

  • Support development of system architectures and architecture baselines to address client business and mission needs.

  • Assist in the development of integration and migration plans, schedules, and technical roadmaps.

  • Contribute to transition planning activities, including analysis of operational, intelligence, and information requirements.

  • Participate in the integration of systems and subsystems, ensuring interoperability across multiple platforms and environments.

  • Support business process improvements and systems analysis for mission, system, and fiscal requirements.

  • Act as an advocate for the client’s needs within the technical team to ensure solutions align with business objectives.

  • Assist with oversight of the production and deployment of integrated systems, which may include work at customer sites.

  • Support ISR and C4ISR programs, clients, or systems as required.

  • Perform routine technical analyses by following established standards, practices, and procedures.

  • Document technical findings, design decisions, and integration approaches in clear, concise artifacts.

  • Collaborate with immediate supervisors, project leads, and other team members to accomplish assigned tasks.

  • Execute assigned tasks according to detailed instructions, meeting established objectives and schedules.

Qualifications

Required Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline and two (2) years’ experience

Required Clearance:

  • Must possess an active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a top secret

Required Skills:

  • Basic understanding of systems integration concepts, including interfaces, data flows, and interoperability.

  • Limited but growing use of technical principles, theories, and concepts in systems engineering or systems integration.

  • Ability to analyze routine technical problems and apply standard procedures to develop solutions.

  • Familiarity with system or enterprise architecture concepts (e.g., baselines, transition states, migration planning) is preferred.

  • Ability to interpret and work hands on from detailed technical instructions, tasking, and requirements.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

  • Avionics experience is required.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618468

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 2,947 open Hardware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–120K/yr
  • Alabama median$108–204K/yr24 salary ranges
  • US median$132–204K/yr2,139 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $100K, is 36% below the Alabama median midpoint ($156K) — in the lowest quarter of Hardware Engineer salary ranges in Alabama.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 33 open Hardware Engineer jobs in Alabama and 2,947 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Alabama
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Hardware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,467 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,751 of the 2,947 open Hardware Engineer jobs (59%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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