Sr. Principal Hardware Electrical Engineer
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- 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)
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
Benefits
- lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
