Board Level Hardware Design Engineer

Job ID: 2618050
Location: College Park, MD, US
Date Posted: 2026-10-19
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Hardware Engr
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Hardware Design Engineer with expertise in board-level circuit design. The ideal candidate will be capable of taking concepts from initial requirements through detailed circuit design, PCB layout, simulation, system integration, and hands-on laboratory validation. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and proficiency working across RF, analog, and digital domains.
Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:

• Perform conceptual circuit design and develop system block diagrams.
• Select key components based on electrical, RF, thermal, and manufacturability requirements.
• Create detailed board layouts using Altium Designer, including schematic capture, component library creation, footprint definition, and fabrication documentation.
• Place and route PCB designs with attention to RF behavior, signal integrity, grounding, and manufacturability.
• Conduct circuit simulation using various engineering tools to validate performance prior to fabrication.
• Reverse engineer electronic assemblies to document, diagnose, or improve existing hardware designs.
• Integrate electronics with antennas, embedded software, RF subsystems, and mechanical assemblies to form a complete system.
• Perform laboratory testing of circuits and systems using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and other test equipment.
• Conduct light soldering, wiring, and mechanical assembly as needed for prototype and test activities.
• Interface with vendors for component sourcing, PCB fabrication, and assembly services to ensure quality, cost, and delivery targets are met.

Required Education:
Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.

• Additional experience may be substituted for a degree

Clearance Requirement:

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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 .