Electronics Engineer

SAIC • North Charleston, SC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking an Electronics Engineer to work at a customer site in North Charleston, South Carolina. The role focuses on developing electrical and power-distribution architectures for distributed maritime sensors and complex, low-SWaP IoT systems. This includes integrating voltage-level negotiation for subsystems, incorporating renewable energy technologies to improve system persistence, analyzing power budgets, and designing signal and power PCBs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five years of experience, or four additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems that toggle power among subsystems or components, using C++, microPython, circuitPython, or standard Python.
• Experience developing DC power-distribution architectures.
• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance; no clearance is required to start.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of renewable energy and integrating different technologies to improve system performance.
• Familiarity with marine connectors and 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, and Ethernet protocols.
• Experience designing PCBs for DC power distribution in small, distributed IoT systems incorporating microcontroller-based power toggling, renewable energy, and modular design.

Responsibilities

• Develop a modular power-distribution architecture for distributed maritime sensors.
• Integrate voltage-level negotiation for subsystems, similar to USB-C Power Delivery.
• Incorporate renewable energy solutions, such as wave harnessing, solar, and Peltier, into system architecture to improve persistence.
• Perform power-budget analysis to inform power-system design and support sensing, communication, and edge-processing operations of complex systems.
• Develop signal and power PCB designs using best practices for trace routing, thermal management, signal isolation, and grounding.

What This Job Offers

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