Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer - (Space Electronics)

Mercury Systems is offering a Senior Principal Hardware Electrical Engineer a fulfilling career where you will be able to see the direct impact of your designs in deployed systems with true end-to-end ownership, operating in a smaller, highly technical team. You’re not just implementing requirements; you’re shaping ruggedized solutions that must perform in the real world under extreme conditions. Engineers here directly influence architecture, design decisions and system-level tradeoffs across the systems. You will lead and mentor engineering teams developing mission-critical embedded computing, high-speed digital systems, advanced FPGA solutions, secure processing and rugged electronics supporting operations across air, land, sea, and space., * Provide strategic technical leadership and execution for complex digital hardware programs from concept through production

• Architect advanced electrical circuit solutions involving secure processing, storage, networking, FPGAs, high-speed interfaces, and extreme environment electronics
• Develop advanced high-speed digital design including 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+, and modern interconnects
• Contribute to engineering best practices, design guidelines, and process improvements that scale across the organization
• Execute the development and verification of highly complex circuits, modules, and systems
• Advise senior leadership on technical risks, cost, schedule, and strategic direction

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Typically requires 10+ years relevant electrical board design including complex embedded digital hardware from concept through production
• Experience with high-speed and high-performance interfaces, memory technologies, and next generation interconnects
• Experience with signal integrity
• US Citizenship is required., Experience with any of the following is valuable but not required:

Digital & High-Speed Technologies

• Intel or other advanced CPU architectures (Xeon-D, Cascade Lake, Granite Rapids)
• Advanced FPGA technologies (AMD/Xilinx Versal, Intel/Altera Agilex)
• High-speed interfaces (400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+)
• Experience designing advanced network architectures (Nvidia, Broadcom, Marvell)

DoD/Aero, Rugged, & Secure Systems

• VPX/VITA standards (3U/6U), COM Express
• MIL-STD development in rugged environments
• Space electronics or radiation tolerant components
• Rad-hard and Rad-tolerant electronics experience

Tools & Analysis

• Cadence Schematic Capture tools or equivalent
• Cadence Allegro or equivalent CAD/SI tools
• Mentor Valydate or schematic integrity tools
• Reliability/stress analysis (FMECA, derating)
• Requirements and workflow tools (DOORS, JAMA, JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience supporting proposals, cost/schedule estimates, and BOE development

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. To learn more, visit mrcy.com