Sr. Principal Hardware Electrical Engineer

Job Summary:

 

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer at Mercury Systems, you will serve as a senior technical leader providing strategic direction and oversight to the hardware design organization. You will lead world-class engineering teams in developing the most sophisticated mission-critical embedded technology—from below the ocean to orbiting in space. Drive innovation on the most challenging projects including the world's most secure processing and storage hardware, advanced FPGA RF and signal processing systems, Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) devices, advanced display technologies, and extreme environment electronics that power operations across Space, Air, Land, and Sea.

 

This role requires serving as a recognized technical authority who drives innovation, establishes engineering standards, and shapes the technical direction of complex programs while ensuring Mercury delivers right-first-time solutions. You will lead proposals with architecting, technical volume writing, and Basis of Estimate (BOE) development, while proactively driving strategic process improvements. At Mercury, we work with an Integrator Mindset, collaborating across sites and disciplines to create novel solutions that directly impact the security of our country and the safety of our world.

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor engineering teams to design, develop, and verify highly complex circuits, modules, and systems
• Provide strategic technical leadership and direction for new and ongoing programs
• Architect innovative solutions for advanced secure processing, data storage, signal processing, DRFM, display, and extreme environment systems
• Establish engineering design guidelines, work instructions, and checklists for design consistency and process improvement
• Lead strategic efforts to improve Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Test (DFT) across the organization
• Design using cutting-edge technology including 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen 5+, DDR5+ SDRAM, advanced fiber optics and video interfaces
• Lead critical engineering efforts to support production, resolve complex manufacturing issues, and conduct field failure investigations
• Lead proposal development including system architecting, technical volume writing, and providing detailed Basis of Estimate (BOE)
• Provide technical expertise to senior leadership in developing cost estimates and integrated master schedules
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers at all levels (EE I through Principal) and drive strategic process improvements

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (Master's strongly preferred)
• Typically, a minimum of 10 years of electrical engineering product development experience including from concept to production
• Extensive experience designing highly complex embedded digital hardware products from concept to completion
• Proven track record of technical leadership on complex programs
• Experience developing advanced high‑performance digital hardware, including next‑generation interfaces, memory technologies, and high‑speed interconnect architectures
• Expert-level understanding of signal integrity principles for very high-speed digital design
• Proven experience leading projects and mentoring engineers at all levels
• Significant experience working on proposals, schedule/cost estimates, and BOE development
• Ability to travel as needed between facilities or to customer sites
• An active DoD Secret Clerance, or the ability to obtain on. US Citizenship is required.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• An active DoD Secret Clearance or higher
• Intel CPU architecture (Xeon-D, Cascade Lake, Sapphire Rapids, Emerald Rapids) or other advanced microprocessor architectures
• Experience designing with Intel (Xilinx) and AMD (Altera) advanced FPGAs (Agilex, Versal, next-gen)
• Experience designing advanced network interface devices (Mellanox, Broadcom, Marvell)
• Expert-level experience using Cadence Allegro for CAD/SI layout and simulation or Mentor Valydate for schematic integrity
• Advanced analysis including stress derating, reliability, and FMECA
• Extensive knowledge of military standards and experience developing to MIL-STD-704F, 1275, 461G, 1399, DO-160G
• Commercial/Defense 3U/6U VPX (VITA46, VITA65), VITA design standards (VITA 42, 46, 62, 65), or COM Express/SoM experience
• Experience designing cutting-edge high-speed digital systems including 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen 5+, DDR5+ SDRAM, advanced interconnects
• Experience in advanced power supply design and EMI compliance (CE EMI and MIL-STD-461G)
• Experience with video processing, display technologies, secure computing, anti-tamper, encryption, NSA certification, or DRFM devices (including 7-11 GHz)
• Experience with space applications or radiation tolerant components
• Requirements traceability tools (JAMA, DOORS) or Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)

Qualifications Why should you join Mercury Systems?

Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide. To learn more, visit mrcy.com

Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization. We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Mercury Systems is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact the number below for assistance.

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