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Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

Mercury Systems
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Jan 2026

About the role

Job Summary:

 

Mercury Systems Processing Tech - Compute business unit seeks a talented senior principal electrical engineer to deliver cutting-edge solutions for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications, combining commercial innovation with defense-grade security. In this role, you'll innovate with advanced embedded technology to solve complex systems as part of a collaborative hardware electrical engineering team. As a seasoned individual contributor, you will serve as a key liaison between program management, system engineering, mechanical design, software, and manufacturing, working independently with minimal supervision.

Job id #25-471

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Creatively design, develop, and verify complex circuits, modules, and systems to meet customer and market requirements
  • Develop complex embedded digital hardware products from concept through lab verification to production
  • Take ownership of the full product development lifecycle, ensuring quality and performance standards are met
  • Designing with cutting-edge technology from Intel, Microchip, Xilinx, NVIDIA, TI and beyond
  • Interacting with architecture/system engineering, program/product management, CAD & SI, ME, FW/SW, purchasing, and Manufacturing Operations
  • Designing using high-speed digital design interfaces including Ethernet, PCIe, DDR SDRAM Memory. Other support circuitry to include DC/DC power, Clocking, JTAG, SPI, I2C, UARTs
  • Develop detailed design specifications, test plans, and verification reports
  • Develop schematics using Cadence DEHDL (Concept) or equivalent
  • Support of CAD and Signal Integrity (SI) with PCB Rules with Cadence Allegro or equivalent
  • Utilize LAB tools such as Oscilloscopes and DVMs for verification and debug
  • Execute Lab Debug for both HW/SW that range from new development to continued sustaining

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10+ years of related experience in electrical engineering product development from concept to production
  • Experience designing complex circuits with microprocessors, FPGAs, or network switches
  • Experience using PCB CAD layout tools; Cadence Allegro preferred
  • Developing detailed design specifications, test plans, and verification reports
  • Developing schematics using Cadence DEHDL (Concept) or equivalent
  • Experience in development of proposals, requirements, design specifications and test plans
  • This position may require you to have or obtain a government security clearance in the future.  Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Intel CPU architecture (Xeon-D, Cascade Lake, Sapphire Rapids), development, and test including BIOS firmware or other Microprocessor architecture
  • Network interface devices by Mellanox, Broadcom or Marvel
  • Analysis including stress derating, reliability, and FMECA
  • Schematic integrity checking analysis with Mentor Valydate or equivalent
  • Experience designing electronics for rugged environments with industrial/military grade components
  • Requirements traceability (JAMA, DOORS)
  • An active Secret Clearance

 

Work Locations:

 

Mercury Systems has multiple electrical / hardware engineering positions available. Candidates could be considered for the following Mercury locations on a hybrid basis:

  • Andover, MA 
  • Hudson, NH 
  • Torrance, CA
  • Cypress, CA
  • Huntsville, AL
  • Gulf Breeze, FL
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Alpharetta, GA

Enjoy every other Friday off with our hybrid 9/80 work schedule

 

Qualifications 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 challen

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