Principal Hardware Engineer

Job Summary:

 

Mercury Systems IPS Data Processing business unit is developing sophisticated mission-critical technology to withstand the most rugged environments. We have a career opportunity for a hardware/electrical engineer to provide technical oversight and direction to the hardware design team. This role is a technical lead in the HW design group, where one can lead a world class hardware team, as well as still making individual technical contributions on the team. The candidate will be a strong technical leader, providing technical oversight and direction to the hardware design team.

 

This role will play a key role as a hardware engineering team member developing and sustaining data storage and transfer systems for the Data Systems Product Line, while contributing directly to hardware development efforts on programs.

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering team to design, develop and verify complex circuits, modules or systems to meet requirements.
• Lead engineering efforts to support production to resolve manufacturing issues or field failure investigation.
• Create engineering design guidelines, work instructions and checklists for design consistency and process improvement to reduce future development cost.
• Lead efforts to improve design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA) and design for test (DFT).
• Provide technical leadership for new and on-going projects.
• Act as technical liaison with Manufacturing, Operations and Program Management.
• Provide technical expertise and experience to assist Program Managers and Technical Project Managers to develop cost estimate and integrated master schedule to ensure they are clearly defined.

 

Required Qualification:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent (Master’s preferred)
• Ideally 8+ years hardware engineering experience
• Expert knowledge in the use of digital test equipment such as spectrum analyzer and high-speed oscilloscopes.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces such as SATA, I2C, ARINC 429
• Working knowledge of VITA design standards (VITA 42, 46, 48, 62, 65)
• Experience with Video input and output processing
• Experience with military test standards, such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-704.
• Experience with airborne electronic hardware certification process.
• Experience using hardware engineering design tools, such as Cadence Concept, Cadence Capture, Allegro PCB Designer, SPICE, HyperLynx, Mentor Graphics Valydat

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• An active DoD Secret Clearance

 

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."

 

Salary Transparency: Full-Time Equivalent Annual Salary Range:  $95,200 - $199,900 for a Principal Hardware Engineer in Torrance, CA. The disclosed salary range is a general guideline for Mercury team members employed at the job level at the location listed above and does not include overtime for eligible hourly employees.

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 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

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