Senior Hardware Engineer - STERLING, United States - SAIC Career Site

Description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Senior Hardware Engineer to join our team in Sterling, VA to begin an exciting, fulfilling, and challenging career with SAIC.

Job Summary:

Responsible for designing, developing, and testing computer hardware, including computer systems, circuit boards, power supplies and other peripherals. Build systems to fit within specified and varied size requirements. Supervises the manufacturing, production, and installation of the parts

Responsibilities:

Design and oversee the production of computer hardware equipment.

Ability to design a system utilizing COTS and custom components to be deployed into an existing or new infrastructure environment.

Ability to look at AutoCAD drawings for placement of components and wiring

Design systems for easy of deployment and maintenance

Create system deployment documentation and provide remote support to deployment personal

Work onsite with deployment personnel for deployment of new complex system designs

Test and re-test parts to ensure they work properly.

Identify and isolate defects through logical troubleshooting.

Deconstruct existing systems for parts analysis and repair.

Build computer hardware models with COTS parts for testing and development in extreme temperature environment.

Work with metal, plastics, and composites a plus.

Proficient at measuring, using drills, cutters, and other workbench power tools in performance of duties.

Equipment housing and mounting design and prototyping

Electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering experience helpful

Design and test circuits and other electronic components.

Test work and refine processes.

Integrate components into the final design.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the design and change if necessary.

Estimate cost, reliability, and safety factors.

Create Bill of Materials (BOM)

Use computers extensively to produce and analyze designs.

Generate specifications for parts.

Control the efficiency of processes.

Supervise technicians and other engineers during development phase.

Build, test, and modify product prototypes.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a minimum of 5 years of related experience. (Four additional years of professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree)

Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust that requires US citizenship.

Understanding of AutoCad Drawings and creating system deployment documentation

Experienced in creating BOMs

Experience designing and testing circuits and other electronic components

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.