What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAD Drafter II position at SAIC?
Job ID 2610168
Location Hanahan, SC, US
Date Posted 2026-03-12
Category Wage Determination (SCA)
Subcategory Service Contract Act
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a CAD Drafter II to support the US Navy in North Charleston, SC. The ideal candidates will be responsible for providing design and drafting support to complete large complex assembly models and drawings.
The CAD Drafter will be an integral part of the team creating/updating Technical Data Packages; being familiar with ASME standards, Technical Data Packages, and military drawing standards desired. The Drafter / CAD Operator will coordinate frequently with the drafting team lead for current assignments, as well as coordinating with the project engineer, to meet the customer demands. The candidate will be required to occasionally travel, locally, to the customer's facility where the vehicles are located to work with the engineers and technicians to develop prototype mounting solutions. Efforts will be focused toward GFE and custom fabrication integration for military C4ISR systems.
Job Duties (include but are not limited to)
Education Requirements
Location Hanahan, SC, US
Date Posted 2026-03-12
Category Wage Determination (SCA)
Subcategory Service Contract Act
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a CAD Drafter II to support the US Navy in North Charleston, SC. The ideal candidates will be responsible for providing design and drafting support to complete large complex assembly models and drawings.
The CAD Drafter will be an integral part of the team creating/updating Technical Data Packages; being familiar with ASME standards, Technical Data Packages, and military drawing standards desired. The Drafter / CAD Operator will coordinate frequently with the drafting team lead for current assignments, as well as coordinating with the project engineer, to meet the customer demands. The candidate will be required to occasionally travel, locally, to the customer's facility where the vehicles are located to work with the engineers and technicians to develop prototype mounting solutions. Efforts will be focused toward GFE and custom fabrication integration for military C4ISR systems.
Job Duties (include but are not limited to)
- Provide drafting support to complete large complex parts, assemblies, and 2D drawings. Efforts will be focused toward GFE and custom metalwork/fabrication integration for military C4I systems.
- Drafting and documentation of equipment racks, equipment mounting kits, and equipment subassemblies.
- Create detailed drawings/designs using SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software and AutoCAD 2D for Technical Data Packages (TDP).
- Create/modify solid models and assemblies and maintain configuration management of engineering drawings.
- Must be able to understand and create drawings based on the Engineering Drawing Standards Guide (EDSG) as well as MIL-STD-31000.
- Under general supervision, performs a variety of moderately complex tasks and uses tools to include calipers, gage tools, tape measures and other mechanical devices to aid in design, development, verification, and validation of the prototype fabrications.
- Candidate will be utilizing an advanced Configuration Management (CM) tool called “Windchill PDMLink” by PTC for storage and workflows of tasking to maintain CM.
Education Requirements
- High School Diploma.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).
- Candidate must have the ability to operate effectively in a team environment and able to take direction and constructive criticism.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Position of Trust Clearance at a minimum; US Citizenship required.
- Associates degree in related discipline and two (2) years related experience; or High school education or equivalent (GED) and four (4) years related experience.
- Two (2) years minimum experience designing with SolidWorks, or similar 3D modeling software, and AutoCAD.
- Knowledge of MIL-STD-31000, Department of Defense (DoD) and industry documentation standards for Engineering and Design.
- Demonstrated knowledge of technical drawing creation and review.
- Strong technical, interpersonal, written, and verbal skills.