Systems Engineer III - Chantilly, VA

Job Summary

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. We bridge commercial innovation with defense‑grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.

Mercury Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer III to develop the next generation of Mercury’s industry‑leading edge processing solutions. In this role, you’ll be part of a Systems Engineering team working within our Integrated Processing Solutions business unit designing, integrating, verifying, and delivering rugged, embedded systems. You’ll be working in a matrix organization as part of a multi‑disciplined engineering team while collaborating with Line of Business Chief Engineers, systems engineering, program management, business development, operations, supply chain, and executive leadership to meet customer needs.

• Bachelor’s Science degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.
• Typically requires 3+ years of Systems Engineering experience spanning capture, design, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as business development support, customer engagement, operational concept development, functional/physical architecture definition, requirements development, trade study execution, interface definition, verification and validation, technical baseline management, and transition to production.
• Experience with customer artifacts / reviews such as CDRL / SDRL and SRR, PDR and CDR.
• Experience working independently and with limited oversight.
• Experience working with Business Development developing bids for capture (BOE), and writing technical/management volumes.
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

• Advanced degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.
• Familiarity with high‑speed sensor processing chain.
• Experience RF/EW/SIGINT high‑performance embedded processing systems, server systems.
• Familiarity with high‑performance RF and digital processing solutions/radar and EW systems.
• Familiarity with FPGA/CPLD and CPU/MCU processing systems.
• Familiarity with System Security Engineering principals.
• Experience and understanding of the complete program lifecycle.
• Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect and SysML modeling (or equivalent).
• Experience with Jama, Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket.
• Experience working with Business Development in providing technical leadership, developing bids for capture (BOE/ROM), and writing technical/management volumes.
• Experience with Earned Value Management or Cost Account Manager (CAM).
• Ability to work multi‑disciplined engineering problems and foster collaboration across inter‑Business Unit/Line of Business boundaries.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent time management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to travel, up to 15% of the time.

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.

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.

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