Electronics Engineer

SAIC • North Charleston, SC

1d • 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 electronics and power systems for distributed maritime sensors, including modular power distribution, renewable energy integration, system power budgeting, and signal/power PCB design. The position requires experience with microcontrollers, DC power distribution architectures, and low-SWaP IoT sensors and systems. No security clearance is required to start, but the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance is required.

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 architectures with minimal oversight.
• Knowledge of standard RF principles.
• Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, and Ethernet protocols.
• PCB design for DC power distribution in small, distributed IoT systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, 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 technologies into a 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