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Electrical Engineer

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North Charleston, SC, US Posted Oct 22, 2026
On-siteUSD 80,001 - 120,000 / year

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Electrical Engineer

SAIC

Location: North Charleston, SC, US • Posted 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $80,001.00 - 120,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Skills

  • Science

  • Testing

  • Aviation

  • Negotiations

  • Pure Data

  • Energy

  • Systems Architecture

  • Budget

  • Communication

  • Routing

  • Thermal Management

  • UART

  • I2C

  • RS-232

  • USB

  • Ethernet

  • IoT

  • Distribution

  • PCB Design

  • Microcontrollers

  • C++

  • Python

  • Sensors

  • Electrical Systems

  • Electrical Engineering

  • RF

  • Security Clearance

  • Information Technology

  • Systems Engineering

  • FOCUS

  • Summary

  • Job ID: 2618296

  • Location: North Charleston, SC, US

  • Date Posted: 2026-10-22

  • Category: Engineering and Sciences

  • Subcategory: Electrical Engr

  • Schedule: Full-Time

  • Shift: Day Job

  • Travel: No

  • Minimum Clearance Required: None

  • Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

  • Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

  • SAIC is seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer to join our team, supporting the design, development, troubleshooting, testing, and in-service support of the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2s) program 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

Required Education:

  • Bachelor's degree and two (2) 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

Clearance:

  • Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

  • Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

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