Electrical Engineer

Description

Are you looking for a career where you can build a better world with innovative technology? If so, meet SAIC. We are seeking smart, passionate, and dynamic Electrical Engineers who want to make an impact in the real world using bleeding edge technology to build high-valued custom solutions for our commercial and government customers. The right person will work with great technologies and smart people to drive actionable intelligence and manage content at scale. Apply now if you are a dynamic, enthusiastic, and creative individual who wants a first-hand view of helping solve some of our nation\'s most enduring problems. In this role you will:

    • Provide electrical systems engineering and programmatic support expertise to support technology systems development through the full systems lifecycle
    • Support technical project and systems engineering management, including CONOPS generation, requirements development, integrated milestone/schedule development, system development monitoring, testing support, and system acceptance
    • Execute reviews and assessments of system development efforts, technical proposals and papers, and use case specific CONOPS to ensure compliance with government requirements and risk tolerances
    • Participate in and support system technical and program status reviews
    • Draft formal presentations, proposals, technical documents, and other formal communications
    • Participate in executive-level customer meetings, discussions, and program briefings
    • Review technical challenges (especially system electrical challenges) and propose recommended courses of action to the customer
    • Provide technical expertise to provide a detailed understanding of current systems and potential system improvements
    • Provide analysis on system designs related to the generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical power
    • Review electrical circuitry designs for validation against system technical requirements, CONOPS, and safety requirements
    • Perform analysis and provide recommendations on vendor designs related to power supplies including but not limited to primary and secondary cells and battery systems

Qualifications

  • Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly
  • Bachelor\'s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Minimum of 9 years of relevant engineering experience
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, and problem solving skills
  • Experience providing full life cycle systems engineering support
  • Proficiency with electrical circuit analysis tools (e.g. Spice)
  • Experience writing requirements document, test plans, standard operating procedures and other common engineering documents
  • Able to act independently with minimal task direction and confidently provide EE subject matter expertise
  • Able to travel ~10% of time primarily for test witnessing and participation in status reviews/system milestones

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