Principal Electrical Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. SAIC scores B on the Alion truth index.
SAIC has an opening for a Principal Electrical Engineer as part of a team providing hardware and software development solutions to the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.
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 special purpose military weapon systems.
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 prototype 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
Education Requirements:
BS in Electrical / Computer Engineering plus a minimum of nine (9) years of experience; Additional six (6) years’ experience can be considered in lieu of degree (per contract vehicle).
Clearance Requirements:
Must already have a DoD SECRET clearance or be able to obtain interim DoD SECRET clearance prior to first day of employment; US Citizenship required. Current SECRET clearance is preferred.
Required Experience:
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/EMI (MIL-STD-461)
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP/EMP) survivability
Familiar with MLRS, THAAD and/or PATRIOT PAC-3
Proficient using MS Office suite, MS Visio, schematic capture program such as Altium Designer, circuit simulation program such as PSpice. Excellent communication skills and mechanical aptitude.
Experience with military radar systems, electronic countermeasures, weapon fire control systems, systems integration, and/or Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) highly desirable.