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Electrical Engineer

SAIC

North Charleston, SC

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Alternative Energy, Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Budgeting, C++ Programming Language, Control Systems, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Environmental Design, Ethernet, Federal Government, I2C, Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Internet of Things, Microcontroller, Negotiation Skills, Performance Management, Printed Circuit Board (PCB), Printed Circuit Board Design, Python Programming/Scripting Language, RS-232, RS-485, Radio Frequency, System Architecture, System Integration (SI), System Operations, Systems Engineering, Thermal Management, USB, Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART), Work From Home
LOCATION
North Charleston, SC
POSTED
1 day ago
Job ID: T2601192

Location: North Charleston, SC, US

Date Posted: 2026-04-27

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Electrical Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description
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SAIC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.

Roles/Responsibilities: (include, but are not limited to)
  • Develop a modular, power distribution architecture for distributed maritime sensors
  • Integrate voltage-level negotiation for subsystems (similar to that of USB-C PD)
  • Incorporate renewable energy solutions such as wave harnessing, solar, peltier into a system architecture for improved persistence
  • Perform power budget analysis to inform power system and support sensing, communication, and edge processing operations of complex systems
  • Develop designs for signal/power PCBs using best practices for trace routing, thermal management, signal isolation, and grounding


Qualifications
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Required Education:
  • Bachelor's degree and nine (9) years of experience

Relevant Background/Experience:
  • Development of DC power distribution architectures
  • Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems to toggle power amongst sub-systems/components
  • Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, Ethernet protocols
  • IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems
  • PCB design for DC power distribution.in small, distributed (IoT) systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, and modular design

Desired Skills:
  • Power Distribution Design for DC Systems
  • PCB Design (Power and Signal)
  • Proven development of power control systems for low SWaP architectures to improve or maintain persistence on power source
  • Experience with microcontrollers (C++, microPython, circuitPython, standard Python) for interfacing with sensors, relays, etc.
  • Knowledge of renewables and integration of various technologies to improve system performance
  • Familiarity with marine connectors and knowledge of electrical systems in highly corrosive environments
  • Experience developing system-level electrical architecture with minimal oversight
  • Knowledge of standard RF principles
  • Self-starter who will attack problems and is capable of identifying problems, developing solutions, and troubleshooting systems independently

Required Clearance:
  • Active clearance preferred



SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .

About the Company

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SAIC

SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions. We are a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2013
WEBSITE
https://jobs.saic.com/

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