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Hardware Electrical Engineer II

Mercury Systems
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Nov 2025
💰 $146,000/yr($73,000/yr$146,000/yr)

About the role

Job Summary:

 

In this role, you have the opportunity to innovate with high-end embedded technology to solve complex systems.  You are a part of a dedicated hardware electrical engineering team that collaborates within hardware and across the organization.  Mercury Systems is seeking the best and brightest talent to help us bring cutting-edge technology to mission-critical aerospace and defense applications, advancing innovation where it matters most.  You will bridge commercial innovation with defense-grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.  The hardware electrical engineer is a focal lead that bridges between program/product management, system/architecture engineering, mechanical/CAD, software, and manufacturing.  This position is for an emerging individual contributor in the Hardware Electrical Engineering sub-family, who works with highly experienced team members.

 

Job Responsibilities:

 

Creatively design, develop and verify complex circuits, modules and systems to meet customer and market requirements.  This position is for a Hardware Electrical Engineering with existing experience who is also motivated to learn and develop.  The engineer is responsible for the development of complex embedded digital hardware products from concept to completion through lab verification and production.  Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Sustainment of legacy products with root-cause-corrective-actions, operations and customer support
  • Sustainment of legacy products and qualifications for component obsolescence
  • Design verification and debug of products through lab testing
  • 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:

 

  • Bachelors of  Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or related discipline, and typically requires 2+ years relevant experience
  • Design with Intel CPU architecture (Xeon-D, Cascade Lake, Sapphire Rapids), development, and test including BIOS firmware or other Microprocessor architecture
  • Design with network switching (Mellanox, Broadcom, Marvel) or other similar communication technologies
  • Analysis including stress derating, reliability, and FMECA
  • Schematic integrity checking analysis with Mentor Valydate or equivalent
  • Cadence Allegro experience for CAD/SI layout and simulation
  • Design with Military Grade Components and Operating Environments
  • Requirements traceability (JAMA, DOORS)
  • Experience in development of proposals, requirements, and design specifications
  • Must have or be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance. Secret clearances may only be granted to US Citizens.

 

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Typical work includes sitting or standing at work station or in a laboratory.

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Atlassian Collaboration Tools (JIRA, Confluence)
  • Commercial/Defense 3U/6U VPX (VITA46, VITA65)
  • Commercial ATCA PICMG 3.0
  • Power Supply System Design and High Voltage (AC and

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