Computer Engineer

SAIC • San Diego, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a highly experienced Computer Engineer to provide senior-level technical leadership for the design, acquisition, integration, and deployment of hardware and computing solutions supporting mission-critical operations. The role leads efforts to develop and field enterprise and edge computing infrastructure, including innovative solutions that are not currently available within existing environments.

The Computer Engineer works closely with integration teams, emerging technology platforms, engineering organizations, and operational stakeholders to develop mission-ready solutions that address physical and deployment constraints using small-form-factor computing, mobile servers, workstations, and related hardware technologies. The role requires strong computer engineering expertise, technical leadership, hardware lifecycle management, and the ability to deliver reliable computing solutions across geographically distributed environments.

This is an onsite role in San Diego, California, with up to 10% CONUS/OCONUS travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and nine or more years of experience; master’s degree and seven or more years of experience; or Ph.D. or J.D. and four or more years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must have an active Secret clearance at the start and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance after starting.
• Extensive experience in computer engineering, hardware engineering, systems integration, infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines supporting complex computing environments.
• Experience designing, acquiring, building, integrating, testing, installing, and sustaining computer hardware and supporting software solutions.
• Experience leading engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams responsible for hardware acquisition, system integration, installation, deployment, or sustainment.
• Strong understanding of computing hardware architectures, servers, workstations, storage, networking components, peripherals, and supporting infrastructure.
• Experience evaluating technical requirements and developing hardware solutions based on performance, interoperability, environmental, deployment, and operational constraints.
• Experience supporting system design and redesign, hardware upgrades, technology refreshes, field changes, configuration management, and lifecycle planning.
• Experience managing engineering schedules, technical tasks, dependencies, equipment requirements, and customer delivery milestones.
• Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation for hardware designs, configurations, installation, maintenance, and sustainment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to collaborate on complex technical challenges across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide technical direction and communicate recommendations, risks, tradeoffs, and status to technical, program, and operational stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting Navy, Department of War, government, or other mission-critical operational environments.
• Operational experience supporting active-duty military customers and fielded capabilities at government or military installations.
• Experience supporting complex distributed computing environments, edge infrastructure, or other mission-focused technology platforms.
• Experience designing computing solutions around physical constraints, including small-form-factor computers, mobile servers, ruggedized workstations, edge computing systems, and deployable infrastructure.
• Experience integrating computing hardware with emerging technology platforms, sensors, networks, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or other mission-focused platforms.
• Experience with enterprise and edge server technologies, embedded computing, GPUs, high-performance computing hardware, virtualization, containerized workloads, or other mission-focused compute architectures.
• Experience performing hardware trade studies, component evaluations, technical assessments, compatibility analysis, or make/buy recommendations for emerging computing requirements.
• Experience managing technical equipment inventories, hardware configurations, asset lifecycle information, technology refresh planning, and end-of-life considerations.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, system hardening, secure configuration, vulnerability remediation, and accreditation considerations for deploying computing hardware in government environments.
• Experience supporting system installations, deployment activities, operational testing, technology demonstrations, or geographically distributed technical deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, evaluation, acquisition, integration, and deployment of computing hardware and supporting software solutions for enterprise, edge, and mission-focused environments.
• Lead and coordinate engineering teams acquiring, building, configuring, integrating, testing, installing, and sustaining hardware and software solutions at government locations.
• Develop computing solutions for emerging operational requirements by evaluating small-form-factor computers, mobile servers, workstations, edge computing platforms, and other technologies against physical and deployment constraints.
• Support the design and redesign of IT and hardware architectures, including new implementations, field changes, technology refreshes, upgrades, hardware replacements, and integration with existing infrastructure.
• Manage engineering schedules, technical tasks, dependencies, hardware acquisition activities, and integration milestones to meet customer and operational requirements.
• Manage equipment inventories, including hardware accountability, configuration information, lifecycle status, deployment information, and planning inputs for replacement or modernization.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation, including hardware designs, system configurations, bills of material, installation and maintenance procedures, technical specifications, and configuration records.
• Provide senior-level technical guidance to engineers, integration teams, program stakeholders, and operational personnel, and troubleshoot complex hardware, software, infrastructure, and system-integration challenges.
• Plan and execute system installations, upgrades, technology refreshes, and new capability implementations while ensuring solutions meet applicable technical, cybersecurity, interoperability, and industry requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior