Electronics Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking an Electronics Engineer for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.

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 and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience; four (4) years additional in lieu of degree

• Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems to toggle power amongst sub-systems/components (C++, microPython, circuitPython, standard Python)

• Development of DC power distribution architectures

• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems

Required Clearance:

• No clearance required to start, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

Desired Skills:

• 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

• Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, Ethernet protocols (desired)

• PCB design for DC power distribution.in small, distributed (IoT) systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, and modular design

REQNUMBER: 2616418

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