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Senior Hardware Engineer - Fiber Optics
**Description**
SAIC is seeking a? **Hardware Engineer with expertise in fiber optics** in Pascagoula, MS for shipboard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems. This program will be part of a transformative venture, driving the future of next generation afloat mission effectiveness through the integration of? **cutting-edge commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems?** and network technologies using fiber-optic infrastructure.
Please view our program page for more information and view all open positions available: https://jobs.saic.com/pages/shipyardc5isr-careers
**Job Duties:**
+ Perform Fiber Optics related Hardware Engineering to support stage 4 and 5 test procedures development and test execution projects for shipboard C5ISR systems.
+ Develop, update and maintain engineering documents including:
+ Stage 4 and 5 test procedures for integrated C5ISR and COTS systems.
+ Interface control documents, cable block diagram, fiber optic cable topology, and wiring diagrams specific to fiber optic cables, connectors and back shells.
+ Hardware configurations including cabinets, trays, fixtures, sway braces, connectors and fiber optic components.
+ Hardware environmental qualification analysis reports (eg, shock, vibration, and Mil-STD-461 EMI/EMC).
+ Assess engineering change proposals and document risks and impacts to project milestones and deliverables with focus on maintaining fiber optic standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1773, -2042, -2052, -2163 and TIA-568, IEEE 802.3).
**Qualifications**
**Required Education and Experience:**
+ Bachelor's in electrical engineering and nine (9) years or more relevant experience hardware engineering (focused on fiber optics infrastructure); BS degree maybe offset with additional four (4) years relevant experience.
+ Experience designing, installing, or maintaining?fiber optic networks, including integration with modern?COTS systems, components, fiber optic cables, coaxial, cat 5/6 cables and fiber cable termination and splicing using appropriate tools.
**Required Security Clearance:**
+ Must have an active secret clearance on first day of employment.
**Required Certifications:**
+ Fiber Optic Certification, (e.g., ETA Certified Fiber Optic Technician [CFOT], FOA Certification, or equivalent).
**Preferred Qualifications and Experience:**
+ Familiarity with?COTS communication systems?that leverage fiber optic infrastructure, including:
+ **Cisco routers and switches** ?(e.g., Catalyst or Nexus models).
+ **Juniper networking equipment.**
+ **Media converters** ?for fiber-to-copper integration.
+ **Network Interface Cards (NICs)?** supporting fiber.
+ **Patch panels** ?and optical splitter equipment.
+ Proficiency of Microsoft Office suite and Autocad.
+ Experience with fiber optics test equipment (eg LED and Laser Light sources, power meters, optical time domain reflectometer, optical loss test set, optical video inspection system, optical leak detector).
+ Experience with MIL-STD-2106 Development of Shipboard Industrial Test procedures.
+ Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) IA Level II - Security+ certification, or CSSIP or equivalent.
+ Prior experience providing support for a project in a shipyard environment.
**Desired Technical Experience (Key Systems and Shipboard Experience):**
+ **Shipboard C5ISR Systems:**
+ **Navigation: Integrated Bridge System, Gyrocompass (e.g., WSN-7).**
+ Radar: Surface Search Radars (e.g., AN/SPY-6, SPS-series).
+ Communications: UHF, HF, VHF Marine Radios; Shipboard Communication Cabinets; EHF Communications.
+ Networking: NIPRNET, SIPRNET, SI LANs.
+ Safety: Interior Alarms and Safety Systems.
+ Positioning: GPS, Sonar Mission Systems, Fathometer, and Depth Sounding Devices.
+ **Fiber Optic Systems and Hardware:**
+ Networking components: **Cisco and Juniper routers/switches, firewalls, and access points.**
+ Infrastructure: Fiber Patch Panels, Distribution Frames, Couplers, and Splitters.
+ Integration: Media Converters and Ethernet-over-fiber solutions.
+ Optical Hardware: High data-rate components such as **Optical Adapters, Transceivers (e.g., SFP/SFP+), Fiber Back-shells, and Connectors.**
+ Integrated Bridge System:
+ Gyrocompass (e.g., WSN-7).
+ Surface Search Radars (e.g., AN/SPY-6, SPS-series).
+ UHF, HF, VHF Marine Radios.
+ Shipboard Communication Cabinets.
+ Shipboard Alarms and Interior Communications (Safety, Warning Systems).
+ Fathometer and Depth Sounding Systems.
+ Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
+ Sonar Mission System (SMS).
+ Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Communications.
+ NIPRNET, SIPRNET, SI LAN.
+ Enhanced expertise with? **high-performance COTS systems?associated with fiber optics:**
+ **Cisco and Juniper Networking Equipment** ?(e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, access points).
+ **Fiber Patch Panels,** couplers, splitters, and distribution frames.
+ **Optical adapters?** and **?fiber transceivers** ?for high data-rate communications (e.g., SFP/SFP+).
+ **Media converters** ?and Ethernet-over-fiber solutions.
REQNUMBER: 2600911
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
SAIC is seeking a? **Hardware Engineer with expertise in fiber optics** in Pascagoula, MS for shipboard Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems. This program will be part of a transformative venture, driving the future of next generation afloat mission effectiveness through the integration of? **cutting-edge commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems?** and network technologies using fiber-optic infrastructure.
Please view our program page for more information and view all open positions available: https://jobs.saic.com/pages/shipyardc5isr-careers
**Job Duties:**
+ Perform Fiber Optics related Hardware Engineering to support stage 4 and 5 test procedures development and test execution projects for shipboard C5ISR systems.
+ Develop, update and maintain engineering documents including:
+ Stage 4 and 5 test procedures for integrated C5ISR and COTS systems.
+ Interface control documents, cable block diagram, fiber optic cable topology, and wiring diagrams specific to fiber optic cables, connectors and back shells.
+ Hardware configurations including cabinets, trays, fixtures, sway braces, connectors and fiber optic components.
+ Hardware environmental qualification analysis reports (eg, shock, vibration, and Mil-STD-461 EMI/EMC).
+ Assess engineering change proposals and document risks and impacts to project milestones and deliverables with focus on maintaining fiber optic standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1773, -2042, -2052, -2163 and TIA-568, IEEE 802.3).
**Qualifications**
**Required Education and Experience:**
+ Bachelor's in electrical engineering and nine (9) years or more relevant experience hardware engineering (focused on fiber optics infrastructure); BS degree maybe offset with additional four (4) years relevant experience.
+ Experience designing, installing, or maintaining?fiber optic networks, including integration with modern?COTS systems, components, fiber optic cables, coaxial, cat 5/6 cables and fiber cable termination and splicing using appropriate tools.
**Required Security Clearance:**
+ Must have an active secret clearance on first day of employment.
**Required Certifications:**
+ Fiber Optic Certification, (e.g., ETA Certified Fiber Optic Technician [CFOT], FOA Certification, or equivalent).
**Preferred Qualifications and Experience:**
+ Familiarity with?COTS communication systems?that leverage fiber optic infrastructure, including:
+ **Cisco routers and switches** ?(e.g., Catalyst or Nexus models).
+ **Juniper networking equipment.**
+ **Media converters** ?for fiber-to-copper integration.
+ **Network Interface Cards (NICs)?** supporting fiber.
+ **Patch panels** ?and optical splitter equipment.
+ Proficiency of Microsoft Office suite and Autocad.
+ Experience with fiber optics test equipment (eg LED and Laser Light sources, power meters, optical time domain reflectometer, optical loss test set, optical video inspection system, optical leak detector).
+ Experience with MIL-STD-2106 Development of Shipboard Industrial Test procedures.
+ Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) IA Level II - Security+ certification, or CSSIP or equivalent.
+ Prior experience providing support for a project in a shipyard environment.
**Desired Technical Experience (Key Systems and Shipboard Experience):**
+ **Shipboard C5ISR Systems:**
+ **Navigation: Integrated Bridge System, Gyrocompass (e.g., WSN-7).**
+ Radar: Surface Search Radars (e.g., AN/SPY-6, SPS-series).
+ Communications: UHF, HF, VHF Marine Radios; Shipboard Communication Cabinets; EHF Communications.
+ Networking: NIPRNET, SIPRNET, SI LANs.
+ Safety: Interior Alarms and Safety Systems.
+ Positioning: GPS, Sonar Mission Systems, Fathometer, and Depth Sounding Devices.
+ **Fiber Optic Systems and Hardware:**
+ Networking components: **Cisco and Juniper routers/switches, firewalls, and access points.**
+ Infrastructure: Fiber Patch Panels, Distribution Frames, Couplers, and Splitters.
+ Integration: Media Converters and Ethernet-over-fiber solutions.
+ Optical Hardware: High data-rate components such as **Optical Adapters, Transceivers (e.g., SFP/SFP+), Fiber Back-shells, and Connectors.**
+ Integrated Bridge System:
+ Gyrocompass (e.g., WSN-7).
+ Surface Search Radars (e.g., AN/SPY-6, SPS-series).
+ UHF, HF, VHF Marine Radios.
+ Shipboard Communication Cabinets.
+ Shipboard Alarms and Interior Communications (Safety, Warning Systems).
+ Fathometer and Depth Sounding Systems.
+ Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
+ Sonar Mission System (SMS).
+ Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Communications.
+ NIPRNET, SIPRNET, SI LAN.
+ Enhanced expertise with? **high-performance COTS systems?associated with fiber optics:**
+ **Cisco and Juniper Networking Equipment** ?(e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, access points).
+ **Fiber Patch Panels,** couplers, splitters, and distribution frames.
+ **Optical adapters?** and **?fiber transceivers** ?for high data-rate communications (e.g., SFP/SFP+).
+ **Media converters** ?and Ethernet-over-fiber solutions.
REQNUMBER: 2600911
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
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