Electrical Engineer bei SAIC

SAIC has an opening for an Electrical Engineer to provide direct onsite engineering and technical support to the PMA-251 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program office, with a primary focus on the French aircraft carrier program. This role supports the development, integration, and sustainment of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) electrical systems, as well as related control, power, and monitoring equipment. The engineer will work closely with NAVAIR, OEM and French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) stakeholders to ensure electrical design, testing, and configuration align with and customer requirements.

Job Duties:

• Provide professional electrical engineering support to the French carrier program, including system design, analysis, and integration of shipboard launch and recovery systems (EMALS/AAG).
• Conduct feasibility studies, design analyses, and engineering evaluations to support system development, testing, and sustainment efforts.
• Review and interpret system specifications, electrical schematics, and interface control documents to identify and resolve design, installation, and operational issues.
• Support hardware and software integration for power distribution, control logic, instrumentation, and safety interlocks associated with EMALS/AAG equipment.
• Participate in system testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting at designated facilities, including test sites, ship integration platforms, and OEM partner locations.
• Perform and document root cause analysis and corrective actions during development and test phases.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including mechanical, systems, and logistics engineers to ensure design compatibility and alignment with system-level requirements.
• Develop and update technical documentation including engineering change proposals (ECPs), test plans, wiring diagrams, and maintenance procedures.
• Provide technical briefings and status reports to PMA-251 leadership, FMS case managers, and French customer representatives.
• Adhere to the Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process and contribute to design reviews, verification/validation efforts, and readiness assessments.
• Support the delivery and sustainment phase of the French carrier program by ensuring configuration control, safety certification, and maintainability standards are met.

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