Principal Electrical Engineer

Description

SAIC has an opening for a Principal Electrical Engineer as part of a team providing hardware and software development solutions to the US Army C5ISR Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Job Description:

Use your analytical engineering skills to identify and manage electrical/electronic requirements and translate those requirements into system architecture, hardware and firmware designs for military vehicles.

Typical Duties:

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  Perform power budget analysis for fixed and mounted computing environment systems

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  Perform circuit design, analysis, simulation and component selection for high availability, high reliability and low Size, Weight and Power (SWAP) environments

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  Direct design verification testing (DVT) of new electronic designs

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  Generate and review documentation for a Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with the design, development, unit test, and integration of hardware/firmware components

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  Assess technical and integration risks and identify mitigations

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  Review test plans and procedures

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  Review and adjudicate Deficiency Reports

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  Review relevant milestone contract deliverables and provide recommendations across the life cycle of a development effort

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  Participate in internal peer reviews and formal customer design reviews

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  Mentor junior engineers

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Qualifications

Required Education:

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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering and ten (10) years of related experience; four (4) years of experience considered in lieu of degree
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Required Clearance:

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• Must have an active Secret clearance; US Citizenship required
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Required Skills:

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  Knowledge and practical experience in one or more of the following areas:

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  Embedded microcontroller hardware/firmware design and development

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  FPGA firmware design, development, verification

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  High speed digital design (e.g. LVDS, GigE, DDR3/DDR4)

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  Analog design for data acquisition systems

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  Switch mode power supply design

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  Motor control

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  EMC (MIL-STD-461)

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  High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) survivability

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  Proficient using MS Office suite, MS Visio, and DE tools. Excellent communication skills and mechanical aptitude

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  Experience with military communications capabilities, vehicles, and tactical radios is highly desirable

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Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER:

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability