What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer - (Space Electronics) position at Mercury Systems?
Job Summary:
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.
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
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
- 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
Preferred Qualifications:
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
** We are also hiring at the Principal Electrical Engineer level. See job id #26-377. **