Principal Electrical Engineer

Mercury Systems • Phoenix, AZ

10d

About The Position

Mercury Systems is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer focused on hardware design and board design to architect ruggedized circuit board solutions and lead end-to-end development of advanced embedded computing, high-speed digital systems, secure processing, and FPGA-based hardware. The role involves complex board-level designs that must operate reliably in extreme environments across air, land, sea, and space, with designs deployed in real-world systems.

As a technical leader, the engineer will shape engineering standards, guide architectural decisions, and promote innovation through collaborative reviews and proactive verification. Working within Mercury’s Integrator Mindset, the engineer will partner across sites and disciplines to deliver board-level solutions supporting national security.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Typically, a minimum of 6+ years of electrical engineering experience in board-level hardware design from concept through production.
• Experience architecting and designing complex embedded digital hardware with high-speed interfaces such as 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+, memory technologies, and next-generation interconnects.
• Strong understanding of high-speed digital signal-integrity principles.
• Experience using board-level schematic capture tools and collaborating with CAD/SI teams during layout, bring-up, and verification.
• Experience mentoring engineers, supporting technical leadership activities, and contributing to cross-functional collaboration.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. government authorizations to access information subject to U.S. export regulations.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Experience with Intel or other advanced CPU architectures such as Xeon-D, Cascade Lake, or Granite Rapids.
• Experience with advanced FPGA board technologies including AMD/Xilinx Versal or Intel/Altera Agilex.
• Experience developing advanced network interface board designs using components from Nvidia, Broadcom, or Marvell.
• Background with VPX/VITA standards (3U/6U), COM Express, or SoM embedded architectures.
• Experience with MIL-STD hardware development for rugged defense environments.
• Experience designing secure computing solutions, anti-tamper features, DRFM hardware, or other specialized defense systems.
• Exposure to space-application electronics or radiation-tolerant component integration.
• Proficiency with Cadence schematic capture tools (DEHDL/Concept) and Cadence Allegro or equivalent CAD/SI platforms.
• Experience performing reliability and stress analysis, including FMECA or derating.
• Familiarity with requirements and workflow tools such as DOORS, JAMA, JIRA, or Confluence.
• Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical teams, and supporting proposals or BOE development.

Responsibilities

• Lead board-level design and development of complex digital circuits, modules, and embedded systems from concept through production.
• Architect advanced electrical circuit board solutions involving secure processing, storage, networking, FPGA technologies, high-speed interfaces, and electronics designed for extreme operating environments.
• Develop and analyze high-speed digital board designs, including 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+, and next-generation interconnect technologies.
• Establish engineering best practices, design guidelines, and quality-focused processes that enable proactive verification and high-reliability hardware development.
• Support proposal development by contributing technical architectures, cost and schedule estimates, and Basis of Estimate (BOE) input.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability (DFM), design-for-assembly (DFA), and design-for-test (DFT) efforts, and collaborate with manufacturing teams to resolve board build issues.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure integrated, robust hardware solutions across product lifecycles.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement.
• Comprehensive skills training.
• A casual and enjoyable work atmosphere that supports employee learning and growth.
• Recognition and rewards for employee contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior