Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Summary

Mercury Systems is offering a Principal Electrical Engineer a fulfilling career where you will see the direct impact of your designs in deployed systems with true end‑to‑end ownership. You will shape ruggedized solutions that must perform in the real world under extreme conditions, influence architecture, design decisions, and system‑level trade‑offs across multiple domains, and participate in developing mission‑critical embedded computing, high‑speed digital systems, advanced FPGA solutions, secure processing, and rugged electronics supporting operations across air, land, sea, and space.

• Participate in the execution of complex digital hardware programs from concept through production.
• Architect advanced electrical circuit solutions involving secure processing, storage, networking, FPGAs, high‑speed interfaces, and extreme environment electronics.
• Develop advanced high‑speed digital design including 400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+, and modern interconnects.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, design guidelines, and process improvements that scale across the organization.
• Execute the development and verification of highly complex circuits, modules, and systems.

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Typically requires 6+ years relevant electrical design including complex embedded digital hardware from concept through production.
• Experience with high‑speed and high‑performance interfaces, memory technologies, and next‑generation interconnects.
• Experience with signal integrity.
• This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. Access is limited to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or individuals eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

• Experience with any of the following is valuable but not required:
  • Intel or other advanced CPU architectures (Xeon‑D, Cascade Lake, Granite Rapids).
  • Advanced FPGA technologies (AMD/Xilinx Versal, Intel/Altera Agilex).
  • High‑speed interfaces (400G+ Ethernet, PCIe Gen5+, DDR5+).
  • Experience designing advanced network architectures (Nvidia, Broadcom, Marvell).
• VPX/VITA standards (3U/6U), COM Express.
• MIL‑STD development in rugged environments.
• Space electronics or radiation tolerant components.
• Cadence Schematic Capture tools or equivalent.
• Cadence Allegro or equivalent CAD/SI tools.
• Mentor Validate or schematic integrity tools.
• Reliability/stress analysis (FMECA, derating).
• Requirements and workflow tools (DOORS, JAMA, JIRA, Confluence).
• Experience supporting proposals, cost/schedule estimates, and BOE development.

• Hybrid out of our Andover, MA or our Hudson, NH location.
• Hybrid or remote work in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD, TX; VA, CA, NH, MA; NJ.

• $87,100.00 – $ annual salary for in‑office or hybrid employees in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD or TX, and all remote employees.
• $97,600.00 – $ annual salary for in‑office or hybrid employees in VA, CA, NH or MA.
• $ – $ annual salary for in‑office or hybrid employees in NJ.
• Mercury considers factors such as role responsibilities, prior work experience, education, training, skills, certifications, internal equity, geographic location, and market data when determining individual offers.
• Benefits include bonus opportunities, health, life and disability insurance, company‑paid holidays, 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, and professional development platforms.
• Director or Vice President level employees are eligible for annual stock‑based awards.

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.

Mercury Systems is committed to a diverse workforce and provides reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.