Electrical Engineering Co-Op - Alpharetta, GA

Job Description

Mercury Systems is seeking a motivated and innovative Electrical Engineering Co-Op to join our collaborative hardware engineering team. In this hands‑on role, you'll gain experience across the full hardware development lifecycle while contributing to the design of advanced technologies used in commercial, defense, and intelligence applications. You'll work closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team and gain exposure to real‑world, ruggedized hardware systems.

• Supporting the design, development, testing, and validation of complex electrical hardware and systems
• Contributing to schematic design, layout support, design verification testing, system integration, and optimization of hardware designs
• Designing and testing complex circuits or sub‑modules using schematic capture tools such as Allegro Design Entry HDL and/or Mentor tools
• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams including Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Software, and Procurement
• Supporting design‑for‑manufacturing (DFM), design‑for‑assembly (DFA), and design‑for‑test (DFT) initiatives
• Assisting with lab activities including board bring‑up, debugging, validation testing, and environmental testing (EMC, thermal, power, ESS)
• Supporting production by investigating manufacturing issues and field failures
• Drafting test plans, reports, Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), and technical documentation
• Supporting prototype material procurement, structuring Bills of Material (BoMs), and managing part lists
• Assisting with the design of fixtures to support advanced manufacturing techniques

• Currently enrolled in a university program pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• A minimum GPA of 3.1 is required. You will be asked to submit your transcripts during the review process
• Basic understanding of high‑speed digital and analog circuitry, power management, and electromagnetic interference
• Familiarity with electronic schematic design tools such as Allegro Design Entry HDL or Mentor Graphics tools
• General knowledge of manufacturing techniques and hardware development processes
• Experience or familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and soldering/rework tools
• Strong organizational skills with clear verbal and written communication abilities
• Proficiency with standard documentation and presentation tools
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, multidisciplinary team environment

"This position requires you to be able to obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens."

Full time Equivalent Job Grade Salary Range for this position: $17.00 - $38.00/hour

Mercury considers a variety of factors to determine individual base salary offers to candidates, including:

• the role and related responsibilities
• prior work experience
• education, training, skills and certifications
• internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles
• geographic location; and
• alignment with market data

In addition to base salary, Mercury provides a variety of benefits for team members including:

• bonus opportunities (or special incentives for sales positions)
• health, life and disability insurance
• company‑paid holidays and time off
• 401(k) retirement plan
• discounted employee stock purchase plan
• tuition reimbursement
• access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including Linked In Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse

Team members at the Director or Vice President level are also eligible to receive annual stock‑based awards.

Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work/life balance (available based off location).

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…