Principal Electrical Engineer - Phoenix, AZ

Mercury's Microsystems business is seeking an experienced Principal Electrical Engineer to join our growing, engaging, and collaborative team. As a valued team member, you will collaborate to deliver leading edge microelectronics that are game changing and impactful to our nation's defense. Mercury sits at the intersection of high-tech and defense - we are focused on accelerating innovations that matter to the aerospace, defense, and space sectors. We leverage our longstanding strategic partnerships to access the latest in commercial technologies to design, manufacture, test, and deliver rugged microelectronics that operate in the harshest environments, with extreme reliability and maintainability. Mercury partners closely with the U.S. government delivering onshore trusted microelectronics.

The successful candidate wants to be part of a dynamic team that is transforming our business and the defense-grade microelectronics industry while executing on near-term program commitments while fostering a culture of teamwork and agility. Mercury has a hybrid work environment that includes benefits recognizing the work-life balance of today. If you have the valued skillsets we are looking for and you want to use your talents towards making state-of-the-art microelectronics profoundly more accessible to aerospace and defense, then apply today and come be part of our team!

You are responsible for:

All aspects of Electrical design with a strategic focus on skills needed across Microelectronics, including Multi Chip Modules, Radiation Tolerant Space, and System-in-Package (SiP). This position offers an opportunity to collaborate closely with electrical, CAD, and Signal Integrity Power Integrity engineers.

As part of this team, you will have responsibilities spanning all phases of the product development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, verification, integration, and documentation.

Responsibilities include:

• Support Hardware design, analysis, and simulations for all products and engineering responsibilities within assigned projects
• Design, model, simulate, and analysis of high frequency packages and boards for System in Packages(SiP), Space SSDR's with flex circuits, high-speed products, power modules and custom products
• Understand customer applications and industry standards to support defining the product specifications to meet all signal and power integrity requirements
• Support all interface types including high-frequency RF, DDR4/DDR5, >50Gb/s.
• Work with leading suppliers to define and innovate new ideas to enable the Aerospace, Defense, and Space technology industry while pushing the boundaries to achieve unprecedented performance on our products using the latest EDA tools and methodologies
• Participate in all aspects of engineering review process which includes schematic review, functional specification, PCB/substrate/Interposer placement review and PCB/substrate/Interposer routing reviews
• Stackup creation and guidance to hardware engineers for all PCB/Substrate/Interposer designs
• Conduct cross talk analysis and provide feedback to layout and hardware engineering

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum Experience: 10+ Years in Electrical Engineering,
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
• Experience designing and simulating signal and power integrity solutions for high-speed system components (packages, PCB, Interposers, substrates)
• Solid experience within microelectronics design
• Strong understanding of Electromagnetic fundamentals
• Understanding of jitter and cross-talk and how it impacts the design in the system environment
• Able to navigate in layout tools used for PCB and Packages Cadence Allegro / APD+ Required
• Detailed understanding of s-parameters, Smith Chart and frequency domain analysis
• Work effectively individually and as part of a team with little oversight
• Good time management, communication (verbal & written), decision-making, and organization skills
• Embrace the company culture that includes the following values and behaviors:




• Teamwork, execution, and communication
• Integrity, trust, customer focus, commitment, and a sense of urgency
• Delivering results, innovation, helping and caring for others, recognizing and rewarding success, and life-long learning

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

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. To learn more, visit mrcy.com

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.

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