What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hardware Electrical Engineer II position at Mercury Systems?
Mercury Systems is seeking the best and brightest engineering talent to help us deliver cutting‑edge technology for mission‑critical aerospace and defense applications, advancing innovation where it matters most.
In this role, our team is looking for a skilled Electrical Engineer II who will execute Hardware Board Design development activities from concept through production, working on projects that include secure processing systems, advanced FPGA solutions, high‑speed network interfaces, display technologies, and electronics designed for extreme environments. You will help drive the design and development of advanced embedded hardware used across undersea, airborne, land, and space platforms. This role is critical in delivering reliable, high‑performance board‑level solutions that support Mercury’s mission of enabling trusted, secure, and rugged systems for national defense.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design and develop board-level digital circuits and modules from concept through production, ensuring designs meet system and customer requirements
- Coordinate embedded hardware development activities for compute modules, signal‑processing systems, and high‑speed interface boards
- Design and implement high-speed digital interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, DDR SDRAM, SATA, USB, HD-SDI, LVDS using cutting-edge technology from Intel, Microchip, Xilinx, Altera, NVIDIA, Broadcom, TI
- Contribute to design quality through peer reviews and verification practices
- Collaborate with manufacturing to address board‑build issues and contributing to DFM, DFA, and DFT improvements
- Create detailed schematics using tools such as Cadence DEHDL (Concept) and collaborate with CAD/SI teams on PCB layout
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or equivalent
- Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in board-level hardware design, manufacturing, or sustaining engineering
- Experience designing embedded digital hardware products incorporating microprocessors, FPGAs, or network switch technologies
- Experience with component and system level troubleshooting for digital, analog, and power circuits
- Proficiency in electronic circuit design, schematic capture, and understanding of high‑speed digital signal integrity fundamentals
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Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing FPGA‑based hardware using Intel (Altera), AMD (Xilinx), or similar platforms
- Background developing high‑speed digital interfaces (10G )
- Familiarity with Intel CPU architecture, BIOS firmware development, or network interface devices
- Experience with defense/aerospace hardware including VPX (VITA 46/65), COM Express, or rugged electronics
- Knowledge of military and aerospace standards such as MIL‑STD‑704F, 1275, 461G, 1399, or DO‑160G
- Experience with video, display technologies, secure computing, anti‑tamper, or DRFM devices
- Proficiency with Cadence Allegro or PCB layout review tools
- Experience with requirements‑management tools such as JAMA, DOORS, JIRA, or Confluence
- Exposure to DFM, DFT, DFR, or cost‑aware design practices