Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

  • Mercury Systems
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Full Time

Job Summary

Mercurys data management and microelectronic business is seeking an experienced Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join our growing, engaging, and collaborative Electrical Engineering team. This role will provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team specifically focused on custom microelectronics solutions for System in Package (SiP) architecture and design. As a valued team member, you'll deliver leading edge microelectronics that are game changing and impactful to our nations defense and work with an excellent, multi-disciplined team, to exceed expectations for our commercial, industrial, and military customers.

Job Responsibilities

  • Provides Technical expertise to for complex package developments that meets system requirements and customer needs for the team
  • Researches, designs, modifies, evaluates, and oversees development of complicated electro-mechanical components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific applications
  • Performs electrical design, analysis, and evaluation of varying, low-volume, microelectronic systems and their constituent parts including mixed signal, high-density flip-chips / die, interposers, substrates / printed-wiring-boards, wafers, and materials
  • Performs or oversees electrical modeling, simulation, and analysis to evaluate microelectronic assemblies, material properties, signal and power integrity, power delivery, interfaces, environmental effects, Electro-Static Discharge (ESD), etc.
  • Acts as technical expert in resolving highly complex architecture, design, or SIPI problems when provided incomplete, ambiguous or conflicting requirements.
  • Conducts technical investigations of electrical properties and requirements involving the origination or modification of component, subsystem, system, and/or processes
  • Supports multidisciplinary research and collaboration across engineering disciplines, operations, supply chain, quality, contracts, management, and supporting organizations
  • Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
  • Considers the effects of actions on the system as a whole. I.e. Systems-thinking
  • Supports operational, maintenance, and testing procedures for electrical products, components, and equipment (including test equipment)
  • Technical responsibility for planning, organizing, scheduling, budgeting, and conducting technical projects or phases of projects
  • Supports project management, capital planning, and project execution
  • Prepares specifications, analyses, product documentation, and recommendations for presentation and approval
  • Supports technical interface to customers, subcontractors, assemblers, fabricators, consultants, and vendors/suppliers as applicable to system-level electrical, power, packaging, and process solutions
  • Provide technical mentoring to teams to ensure the team grows technically
  • Willing to help the team in areas outside of specific technical discipline
  • Periodic travel may be necessary

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10+ years experience as a Technical Design lead in package development or semiconductor implementation
  • 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
  • Able to navigate in layout tools used for PCB and Packages Cadence Allegro / APD+ Required
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers
  • Must be able to obtain government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

  • ASIC and Package design and implementation knowledge
  • Experience in the DOD and/or Aerospace domains
  • ANSYS: HFSS, Electronics Desktop, Siwave, Q3D
  • Cadence: Virtuoso, SiP, Concept, Orbit IO, Allegro / APD, and Engineering Data Management (EDM)
  • Mentor Valydate
  • Keysight ADS
  • Atlassian Suite (Jama, Jira, Confluence, etc.)
  • Lab equipment (o-scopes, logic analyzer, power supplies, etc.)

This position requires you to have or obtain a 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. 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.

To find out more about Why Mercury? , or visit the Mercury Community or find answers to general questions at Mercury FAQs

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.

As an equal opportunity employer, Mercury Systems is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure 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, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact the number below for assistance.

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Job ID: 477829515
Originally Posted on: 5/20/2025

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