SAIC is seeking to hire a Hardware Engineer to support our Defense System Group located in Huntsville, Alabama. The Hardware Engineer will directly support the security and safety of the brave men and women serving our country.
About the Program:
This position is for the Defense System Group, which provides system-of-systems engineering and integration solutions that protect and mitigate hostile actions against military personnel, resources and facilities. This team integrates commercial off-the-shelf sensors including chemical and biological, acoustical, radar and other sensors that are used by both terrestrial systems to improve facility monitoring. The Defense System Group's expertise in modeling, simulation, system integration and software engineering delivers systems and software to provide increased situational awareness, enhanced standoff and security posture and deterrence.
Job Responsibilities:
Work may encompass one or several areas of engineering including network system design, electronic design, mechanical design, reliability engineering or other related fields
Conduct research, design, development, and testing of information processing hardware such as computer systems, network systems, microprocessors, microcontrollers, microcomputers, GPUs, firewalls, routers, video cards, switches, and circuit designs
Analyze computer and network applications and identify alternative methods to improve/optimize established equipment, processes and/or procedures
Design new or modify existing products, develop technical specifications for production, analyze hardware configuration and processing solutions, and test hardware conformance to specifications
Responsible for establishing, conducting, and documenting testing processes and procedures; developing documentation of work and results
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software or engineering specifications
Solve technical issues associated with operating systems, databases, Virtual Machines, message routing, and other IT related tasks
Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelors degree with at least two (2) years of experience; four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree.
Required Skills:
Experience troubleshooting, integrating, and supporting multiple computing systems, including Linux platforms, Windows platforms, VMWare, Virtual Machines, etc
Experience with Cisco, Routing, and Switching and ability to apply networking concepts
Demonstrated capability and success working in multidisciplinary team environments
Proficient written & verbal communication skills
Required Clearance:
Must have an Interim Secret Clearance prior to start of employment with the ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance; US Citizenship required.
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.
