• Principal Electrical Engineer

    SAIC (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD)


    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:

    + Perform power budget analysis for fixed and mounted computing environment systems

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

    + Direct design verification testing (DVT) of new electronic designs

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

    + Assess technical and integration risks and identify mitigations

    + Review test plans and procedures

    + Review and adjudicate Deficiency Reports

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

    + Participate in internal peer reviews and formal customer design reviews

    + Mentor junior engineers

    Qualifications

    Required Education:

    + 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

    Required Clearance:

    + Must have an active Secret clearance; US Citizenship required

    Required Skills:

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

    + Embedded microcontroller hardware/firmware design and development

    + FPGA firmware design, development, verification

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

    + Analog design for data acquisition systems

    + Switch mode power supply design

    + Motor control

    + EMC (MIL-STD-461)

    + High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) survivability

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

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

     

    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: 2509461

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