Principal Firmware Engineer

Job Summary Mercury Systems is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team focused on designing, developing, integrating, and testing firmware solutions for embedded and enterprise systems. This role offers hands-on experience across the full development lifecycle in a fast-paced mission-driven environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test firmware.
• Support design teams in bring-up and system-level validation of products.
• Collaborate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) to enhance and support product development.
• Partner with test engineering, systems engineering, and customer support teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve customer issues.

Required Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience (with a Bachelors degree; may be less with a higher-level degree).
• Experience with Verilog and VHDL.
• Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
• Previous work experience with AMD FPGAs and/or Altera FPGAs.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Preferred Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• Familiar with lab equipment such as signal generators and spectrum analyzers.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence.