What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Principal Hardware Electrical Engineer position at Mercury Systems?
Step into a role where you can remain deeply hands‑on, take ownership of end‑to‑end technical work, and shape the next generation of defense and aerospace products. You’ll lead innovation and deliver high‑reliability, mission‑critical solutions from day one.
Job Responsibilities
- 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 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.
- 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
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)
- VPX/VITA standards (3U/6U), COM Express
- MIL-STD development in rugged environments
- Space electronics or radiation tolerant components
- 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
- Hybrid out of our Andover, MA or our Hudson, NH locations.
, Fulltime Equivalent Job Grade Salary Range for this position
- $115,700.00 - $208,300.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD or TX, and all remote employees
- $129,600.00 - $233,300.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in VA, CA, NH or MA
- $136,500.00 - $245,800.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in NJ,
- the role and related responsibilities;
- prior work experience;
- education, training, skills and certifications;
- internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles;
- geographic location; and
- alignment with market data.
- bonus opportunities (or special incentives for sales positions);
- health, life and disability insurance;
- company-paid holidays and time off;
- 401(k) retirement plan;
- discounted employee stock purchase plan;
- tuition reimbursement; and
- access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including LinkedIn Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse.
Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work/ life balance (available based off location)
Why should you join Mercury Systems?
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
Our Culture
We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization. We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.
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Salary : $115,700 - $208,300