Energy Storage Systems Specialist

Location: Crane

Job

Location: Crane, IN, US

Date Posted:

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Electrical Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required:

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: _SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking an Energy Storage Systems Specialist to support the US Navy in Crane, IN.

The Engineer (Electrical or Systems) will provide technical support for power and energy storage systems and testing for military applications, with focus on Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) battery cell testing, including the generation of test plans, analysis of results, and oversight of test system setups. Provide input on the initial system designs to final system integrations. The candidate would provide input to the engineering team on the development and execution of test plans for both individual cells and the integrated battery system.

The candidate would look at the overall project life cycle and help to guide/provide input on the engineering decisions of today to ensure we meet major technical decision milestones to achieve the end goal of the project, which is the successful implementation of a NiZn battery on a submarine. This is a technical engineering role and does not include budget management or project scheduling responsibilities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engineering support and requirements development for electrical, mechanical, controls and mitigation solutions for the identified system and the interfaces of the integrated shipboard environment
• Assist with engineering investigations on power and energy systems, energy storage enclosures and support processes
• Engineering investigations require familiarity with capabilities and limitations of commercial failure and material analysis of non-destructive and destructive analysis for Nickel Zinc, lithium-ion and silver-zinc chemistry energy storage systems, enclosure and mitigation systems
• Investigations and review of studies, analysis, evaluations, and assessments provided to the Government
• Characterizing large-scale battery performance, developing failure modes and effects, NiZinc fire mitigation and suppression concepts, prototyping battery-agnostic containment solutions, and examining Nickel Zinc and other alternative Next Generation energy storage viability
• Support of DoD acquisition and acquisition management

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and five or more years of experience
• Interim secret clearance with the ability to obtain a secret clearance. SAIC will sponsor the clearance process
• ship required

DESIRED

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with directed energy
• Experience with support of system documentation throughout the life cycle, from technical input on new designs to creating the associated test plans and SOPs, to long term maintenance and reliability documentation
• Experience with shipboard system requirements processes
• Experience with Cameo
• Experience with control system requirements
• Battery failure simulation to predict failure modes, energy released, mitigation technique effectiveness, etc.
• Exposure to MBSE Experience will MIL-STD-882
• Develop requirements with energy or power systems
• Experience with electrical and power distribution characteristics of battery systems

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.

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