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Electrical Engineer Design Lead

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Newport, RI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
Job ID: 2512195-NEWPORT-RI

Location: NEWPORT, RI, US

Date Posted: 2025-12-09

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: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking an organized and motivated Electrical Engineer Design Lead to lead a team of their peers towards the development of complex Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems for the Navy in Middletown, RI.

The ideal candidate brings broad electrical engineering experience and skillsets with some project management experience, and familiarity with systems engineering to this position.

You will lead the design, development, documentation and testing of complex Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems for the Navy that consist of analog, digital, and power electronics, embedded systems such as FPGAs, commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment such as AC and DC supplies, switching, and instrumentation, National Instruments (NI) PXI, and cRio, systems, extensive cabling and interconnection, Virginia Panel Corporation (VPC) Mass Interconnect systems, and LabVIEW and Test Stand software.

You will lead and work alongside your team of mixed electrical and software engineers. You will liaison between customer and SAIC management. You will develop, communicate, and execute comprehensive plans to meet aggressive schedules and develop complex systems and associated documentation. You will also develop and present recurring status and presentation materials.

Candidates should demonstrate a history of excelling in multiple roles, designing multiple systems, and being self-directed and proactiv

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

  • 5 years of engineering design, analysis, and testing.
  • Past experience leading teams and successful completion of multiple projects
  • Must demonstrate strong organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently with changing deadlines and priorities.
  • Must be able to work in a team environment while completing tasks in an unsupervised and self-directed fashion.
  • Experiencing using and designing systems that use National Instruments hardware such as PXI, cRio, cDAQ, and software such as LabView, TestStand, or CVI.
  • Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting electronics using equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, logic analyzers, DAQs, etc.
  • Experience with software PLM tools like Codebeamer, Azure Dev Ops, Jira, or equivalent.
  • Experience with hardware PLM tools like ARAS, Windchill, or equivalent.
  • Experience or exposure to C ,C#, Python.

CLEARANCE:

EDUCATION:

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
  • M.S in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering is desired, but not required

LOCATION:

  • Role involves on-site and in-person management of staff as well as regular visits to the government customer site. While there will be some opportunities to complete tasking from home, this role requires the candidate to be able to commute to the Middletown, RI SAIC office and/or Navy site in Newport,RI 4-5 days a week.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .

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