Job Title: Power Systems Engineer

Description
SAIC seeks a skilled Systems Engineer proficient in Power Systems Engineering and Analysis to join an exciting program and world-class Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) team in Sterling, VA. The successful candidate will be a results-oriented, action-based self-starter with a willingness to learn and the ability to contribute immediately in fast-paced, adaptive, and innovative team environments. They will possess strong interpersonal and excellent communication (listening, verbal, and written) skills, with the ability to develop positive working relationships with project officers, executive-level leaders, and SETA colleagues throughout the customer organization and industry partners. Job responsibilities include providing technical expertise to a large program delivering innovative high-capacity energy storage and delivery capabilities.
Primary tasks include, but are not limited to:
Provide Power Systems Engineering and programmatic expertise to support technology systems and requirements development, acquisition, integration, prototyping, testing and evaluation, transition, and deployment activities Support technical project and systems engineering management, including Concept of Operations (CONOPs) generation, requirements development, and integrated milestone/schedule development Support contract management efforts, including the development of technical contract documents to enable awards to industry partners Execute reviews of systems development, technical proposals and papers, and use-case-specific CONOPs to ensure compliance with government requirements and risk tolerances Compile findings and present recommendations to government project leads Participate in and support system, technical, and program status reviews Draft formal presentations, proposals, technical papers, meeting agendas, and other formal communications Participate in executive-level meetings, discussions, and program briefings Develop well-documented, actionable, measurable, testable, and traceable requirements to identify needs or opportunities, and define them to a level of detail sufficient for system design Support development and allocation of system requirements to system components and maintain traceability between user and component-level system requirements Develop Statements of Work (SOWs) and associated requirements documents Provide initial analysis of the generation, transmission, and distribution of electrical power Develop analytic judgments such as relevance or vulnerabilities, and prepare briefings/reports documenting the methodology used and the results obtained Perform modeling or testing for performance of the systems, including load flow, short circuit, stability, and relay coordination Assist with the assessment of development system design and implementation deliverables Review technical challenges and propose recommended courses of action Provide technical expertise to provide a detailed understanding of current systems and potential system improvements Perform analysis and provide recommendations on contractor designs related to power supplies including but not limited to primary and secondary (rechargeable) cells and battery systems Qualifications
Must currently hold a TS/SCI and Poly clearance Minimum of 9 years of relevant engineering experience Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering highly preferred, although other technical degrees may be considered Experience providing full-life cycle Systems Engineering in support of DoD and/or IC programs System development experience in environmentally-constrained energy storage and power systems