Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer - (Space Electronics)

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. **