Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Job Summary

Mercury Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to develop the next-generation of Mercury’s industry-leading edge processing solutions. In this role, you’ll be the Lead Systems Engineering (SEL) working within our Integrated Processing Solutions business unit designing, integrating, verifying, and delivering rugged, embedded systems. You’ll be working in a matrix organization as part of a multi-disciplined engineering team while collaborating with Line of Business Chief Engineers, systems engineering, program management, business development, operations, supply chain, and executive leadership to meet customer needs.

Who is the ideal fit for this position? A strong team leader who is motivated to really make a difference, with the ability to make an impact to influence the outcome of projects. You'll be working on multiple programs in shorter cycle times and solving critical problems. You'll gain a breadth of experience and strengthen your engineering toolbox.

• Bachelor's Science degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline
• Typically requires 10+ years of Systems Engineering experience spanning capture, design, integration, verification, and validation with at least one of the following:
  • high-performance embedded processing systems
  • server systems, and/or
  • RF/EW systems
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as business development support, customer engagement, operational concept development, functional/physical architecture definition, requirements development, trade study execution, interface definition, technical baseline management, and transition to production
• Experience and understanding of the complete program lifecycle
• Experience leading engineering teams
• Experience working with Business Development in providing technical leadership, developing bids for capture, and writing technical/management volumes
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience providing leadership and mentoring
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance in the future. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

• An Active DoD Secret Clearance is preferred.
• Advanced degree higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline
• Familiarity with (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Security Engineering principals
• Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect and SysML modeling (or equivalent)
• Experience with Jama, Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket
• Familiarity with high-speed sensor processing signal chain
• Familiarity with high-performance RF or digital processing solutions/radar and EW systems
• Familiarity with FPGA/CPLD or CPU/MCU processing systems
• Excellent time management, organizational skills, and earned value management
• Ability to work multi-disciplined engineering problems and foster collaboration across inter-Business Unit/Line of Business boundaries
• Ability to travel, up to 10% of the time

• This position is hybrid, and the candidate must live in a commutable location to either our Andover, MA (preferred) or Hudson, NH locations.

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.

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