Senior Electrical Engineer

SAIC • Coronado, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to support and assist Site Leadership of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Information Operations (UAVIO) program Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-Pac), Naval Base Point Loma, by supporting RF payload integration, edge computing, configuration management and technical writing.

Requirements

• Must be proficient with SolidWorks Electrical and Altium Designer

Responsibilities

• RF integrated circuits/systems & Payload Integration: Hands-on integration of RF systems, software-defined radios (SDRs), antennas, and computing nodes onto unmanned systems (air and surface).
• Hardware architecture design and development of electronic/RF assemblies
• SWaP Analysis & Power: Assess and manage Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constraints, power distribution, and data routing for small form-factor tactical payloads.
• Lab & Bench Testing: Utilize standard test equipment (spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, multi-meter and oscilloscopes) to validate system performance, troubleshoot EMI/EMC issues, and conduct bench testing.
• Serve as Configuration Manager for the UAVIO Project who will identify, organize, and control software and hardware configuration changes.
• Configuration Management (CM): Establish and maintain configuration control of hardware baselines, software versions, and engineering change proposals (ECPs) for our payloads.
• Technical Documentation: Draft, review, and finalize high-level technical documentation, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system block diagrams, wiring schematics, and formal test plans/reports.
• Process Improvement: Help standardize the documentation pipeline to offload the administrative burden from the government engineering team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed