Prin. Electrical Design Engineer - aerospace, fpga, product cycle

Job Summary

Mercury Systems IPS Data Processing business unit is developing sophisticated mission‑critical embedded technology to withstand the most rugged environments. We have a career opportunity for an electrical engineer to provide technical oversight and direction to the hardware design team. This role is a technical lead in the HW design group, where one can lead a world‑class hardware team while still making individual technical contributions.

The candidate will be a strong technical leader, providing oversight and direction to the hardware design team.

In this role, you will work with a world‑class electrical engineering team involved in the complete hardware development life cycle of new products to bring cutting‑edge technology to mission‑critical aerospace and defense applications. Your talent will be utilized to bridge commercial innovation with defense‑grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.

This role will play a key role as a hardware engineering team member developing and sustaining data storage and transfer systems for the Data Systems Product Line, while contributing directly to hardware development efforts on programs.

• Lead engineering team to design, develop and verify complex circuits, modules or systems to meet requirements.
• Lead engineering efforts to support production to resolve manufacturing issues or field failure investigation.
• Create engineering design guidelines, work instructions and checklists for design consistency and process improvement to reduce future development cost.
• Lead efforts to improve design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA) and design for test (DFT).
• Provide technical leadership for new and on‑going projects.
• Act as technical liaison with Manufacturing, Operations and Program Management.
• Provide technical expertise and experience to assist Program Managers and Technical Project Managers to develop cost estimate and integrated master schedule to ensure they are clearly defined.

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent (Master’s preferred).
• Ideally 6+ years electrical/hardware engineering design experience.
• Experience using hardware engineering design tools, such as Cadence Concept, Cadence Capture, Allegro PCB Designer, SPICE, Hyper Lynx, Mentor Graphics Valydate.
• Expert knowledge in the use of digital test equipment such as spectrum analyzer and high‑speed oscilloscopes.
• Experience with design documentation and interpreting customer requirements.
• Experience multi‑tasking on multiple projects.
• Experience leading projects.

• An active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Experience with airborne electronic hardware certification process.
• Experience with high‑speed digital interfaces such as FPGA, PCIe, SATA, I2C, ARINC 429, Ethernet.
• Experience with military test standards, such as MIL‑STD‑810, MIL‑STD‑461, and MIL‑STD‑704.
• Experience with Video input and output processing.
• Experience in Power Design.
• Experience working on proposals and schedule/cost estimates.
• Experience with Intel CPU design.
• Working knowledge of VITA design standards (VITA 42, 46, 62, 65).

• This position is hybrid and can be located at one of the following Mercury Systems Locations:
  • Torrance, CA
  • Cypress, CA
  • Andover, MA
  • Hudson, NH
  • Huntsville, AL
  • Gulf Breeze, FL
  • Alpharetta, GA
  • Enjoy every other Friday off with our 9/80 work schedule!

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.

Mercury Systems is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, creed, citizenship, disability, protected veteran or marital status.

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.

(978) 256‑1300