Physicist

Job ID: 2616601
Location: Crane, IN, United States
Date Posted: Sep 8, 2026
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Physicist
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
Benefits: Click here

Description

SAIC is looking for a Physicist to support the US Navy in Crane, IN.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support airborne lot testing and space applications, including programming files and assisting with vibration testing
• Become proficient in battery test methods, including monitoring points, switching, circuit protections, wattage management, and time correlation
• Apply practical physicist application focus to engineering tasks, avoiding theoretical approaches
• Conduct Big Data analysis to obtain predictive analysis, identify indicators of known and emerging failure modes, and better predict end-of-life characteristics of lithium-ion aircraft and space cells/batteries, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of various battery chemistries
• Assist other analysts in utilizing analytic platforms as needed
• Present findings, approaches, and processes to team members

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

• Bachelor's degree with 2 or more years of experience, or a Master's degree and zero.
• Effective communication skills with all levels of personnel; able to work independently and as part of a team
• Interim Secret clearance required to start, with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. SAIC will sponsor the process
• US Citizenship

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Proficiency in LabView, MatLab, and C++ - Prior experience supporting DoD and/or NSWC Crane
• Strong Computer Science skills to develop and maintain data pipelines using Power BI, R, Python, SQL, etc., and implement quality control checks
• Experience with GitHub and Microsoft DevOps for version control of code
• Ability to apply practical physicist and electrical engineering skills to testing tasks