Electronics Engineer

Job ID: 2618727-OTHLOC-113
Location: Hanahan, SC, US
Date Posted: 2026-11-03
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
SAIC is seeking an Electronics Engineer for our customer site in North Charleston, SC.
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
Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience; four (4) years additional in lieu of degree
• Experience programming microcontrollers to monitor system status and implement control systems to toggle power amongst sub-systems/components (C++, microPython, circuitPython, standard Python)
• Development of DC power distribution architectures
• IoT experience with low-SWaP sensors and systems

Required Clearance:

• No clearance required to start, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance

Desired Skills:

• 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
• Familiarity with UART, I2C, RS232, RS485, USB, Ethernet protocols (desired)
• PCB design for DC power distribution.in small, distributed (IoT) systems incorporating power toggling via microcontroller, renewables, and modular design

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. 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 .