• Power Systems Mechanical Engineer

    SAIC (Crane, IN)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking a **Power Systems Mechanical Engineer** to support battery integration efforts for Expeditionary Energy Systems in **Crane, IN** .

    JOB RESPONSIBILITES:

    + Creating System Qualification Test Plans, Performance Test Plans, Safety/Hazard Characterization Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports

    + Execute (or oversee a team to execute) the tests at NSWC Crane and Expeditionary Battery fielded system locations and battery vendor sites

    + Conduct Field Integration and Operational Check-out through Initial Operating Capability, perform periodic Field Maintenance on large batteries

    + Perform Reliability Analyses and Safety Engineering processes on systems

    Qualifications

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

    + Bachelor’s in **mechanical engineering** and five (5) years or more experience; master’s and three (3) years or more experience

    + Experience creating mechanical/electrical engineering designs, prototype, test plans, and system integration documentation for Power & Energy systems

    + Experience with modeling/drafting

    + Low voltage (24 VDC) to high voltage (300-400 VDC) system designs

    + Test system development/maintenance

    + Experience working directly with military personnel of various ranks (i.e. enlisted through officers), either as a DoD civilian, military, or contractor personnel

    + Experience with test and evaluation support, requirements validation and verification, project planning, and excellent verbal and written communication skills

    + Interim secret clearance required to start with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process

    + **US Citizenship required**

    DESIRED SKILLS:

    + Ability to discuss technical terms and concepts with a variety of Integrated Product Team (IPT) members

    + Understanding of energy storage and electrochemical testing, applied to the range of power systems and energy storage devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and other devices

    + Small (< 2 kWh) to Large (> 1000 kWh) systems

    + Integrating power conversion systems

    + Working knowledge of Military and NASA design requirements and safety requirements (e.g. S9310-AQ-SAF-010, SG270-BV-SAF-010, JSC-20793B, NASA/TM-2009-215751 /NESC-RP-08-75/06-069-I)

    + Experience with Failure and/or Safety assessments (ie: Hazard Analyses, FMEA’s, Fault Tree Analyses, Root Cause Failure Analyses)

    + Working knowledge of Industry Standards for design and safety (e.g. UL, IEC, IATA)

    + Systems Requirements Specifications (and decompose into derived requirements and subsystem specs)

    REQNUMBER: 2600322

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