RF Engineer Principal

Principal RF Engineer

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.

The Engineering team is looking for a Principal RF Engineer who will provide hands-on technical leadership to a team developing advanced RF Systems for exciting defense applications.

You will have the opportunity to demonstrate technical acumen with technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the detailed design of RF circuits, modules, and subsystems.
• Provide technical inputs to program plans and proposals
• Resolve complex technical issues for product manufacturing and test
• Foster skill development for less experienced engineers
• Collaborate and effectively communicate while acting as the technical lead for development programs and production products

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Typically requires 7 years of experience in High Reliability, Aerospace, or Defense Electronics product development and manufacturing.
• Experience providing technical leadership to an integrated product development team.
• Extensive experience in testing / troubleshooting RF/Microwave, analog, digital, and mixed signal circuits.
• Expertise using RF simulation software (Microwave Office, AWR, ADS, HFSS).
• Experience transferring new designs to production.
• Familiarity with RF and antenna theory.
• Travel up to 10%.
• Active Security Clearance required on day 1.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• Experience with design and test of phased arrays.
• Experience with antenna test ranges.
• Experience using data analysis tools such as MATLAB.
• Experience in failure analysis / Root-Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations.

This position requires you to have an active government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

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.

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Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization.

We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

Mercury Systems is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, creed, citizenship, disability, protected veteran or marital status.