Navy Senior Systems Engineer

Navy Senior Systems Engineer

Job

Location: Crane, IN, United States

Date Posted: Aug 12, 2026

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum

Clearance Required:

Interim Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: Remote

SAIC is looking for a Senior Energy Storage Engineer to support the US Navy in Crane, IN.

This position is 100% remote; however, candidate must be able to travel to Crane, IN approximately twice per month.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Engineer (Systems or Electrical) will provide engineering design, development, and systems integration support for DoW Power & Energy storage shipboard system acquisition programs. Develop program documentation for systems development, testing, implementation, and life cycle management for existing and new power and energy systems.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Characterizing large-scale Li-ion battery performance criteria, developing failure modes, test planning, fire mitigation and suppression concepts, prototyping battery-agnostic containment solutions, and evaluating other alternative energy storage system viability
• Engineering support and requirements development for electrical, mechanical, and system controls and mitigation options for the system and the interfaces with the integrated shipboard environment
• Assist with engineering investigations of power and energy systems, energy storage enclosures and support processes, applying failure and material analysis methods, including non-destructive and destructive analysis for lithium-ion and silver-zinc chemistry energy storage systems, enclosures and mitigation systems
• Investigate and review commercially developed studies, analysis, evaluations, and assessments provided to the Government
• Support of DoW acquisition and acquisition management elements

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and five or more years of experience
• Experience with DoW Systems Engineering processes
• Must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance. Can start once interim clearance is granted. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process
• US Citizenship required

DESIRED

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience preparing documentation for the acquisition and life cycle processes to support of DoW systems
• Experience with battery management and control systems, power supply systems, energy storage systems, batteries, and related systems
• Experience with Cameo
• Experience with Directed Energy

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

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