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# Systems Engineer III

- **Company:** Mercury Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Cypress, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $75,000.0 - $177,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Radio-Frequency Identification, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Modeling Language, Jama (Software), SC Clearance, Bitbucket
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d1577d392598f3ff

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Science degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.
 * Typically requires 4 + years of Systems Engineering experience with requirements, integration, verification and validation.
 * Experience with RF and Mixed Signal, ADC and DAC, heterogenous (FPGA and SoC) processing applications.
 * Experience executing System Engineering activities such as translating stakeholder needs in the form of operational concept development, functional/physical architecture definition, requirements development, interface definition, verification and validation, technical baseline management, and transition to production.
 * Experience in Systems Engineering execution as part of an IPT throughout the complete program lifecycle.
 * Ability to travel, up to 20% of the time.
 * This position requires you to have or be able to obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens., * Master's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.
 * Active DoD Secret clearance (or higher) at time of application.
 * Design experience.
 * Excellent written and oral communication skills.
 * Excellent time management and organizational skills.
 * Familiarity with high-performance RF and digital processing solutions as applied to radar and Electronic Warfare systems.
 * Applied experience with Model Based Systems Engineering, with Cameo Enterprise Architect and SysML modeling.
 * Experience with Jama, Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket.

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## Description

Mercury Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer to assist in the development of the next-generation of Mercury's industry-leading edge processing solutions. In this role, you will be supporting Mixed Signal and Electronic Warfare product lines, RF Systems, embedded systems, and Space programs. You'll be working in a matrix organization on multi-disciplined engineering teams while collaborating with program management, operations, and our leadership to meet customer needs.


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