Chief Engineer

Job Summary:

Mercury Systems is seeking a motivated, experienced VP of Engineering/Chief Engineer (CE) for its Signal Technologies Business Unit. The Signal Technologies Business Unit produces innovative Microelectronics, RF and Microwave Components, Assemblies and Sources. This includes world-class MMIC components, Integrated Microwave assemblies, Radiation Tolerant components, Signal Sources, Amplifiers, Active and Passive RF components and Active Microwave components.

As Chief Engineer of the Signal Technologies Business Unit, you will be the technical conscience of the Business, ensuring the system(s), product(s), and service(s) being developed and delivered are viable, fit for purpose, and will satisfy customer needs, product/system requirements, and the mission and/or application. The selected individual will be familiar with the latest microelectronics, RF and microwave technology trends, will be able to interact regularly with the DoD and OEM customer base, and will be a technical leader driving our engineering teams to meet technical, cost, schedule and quality benchmarks. The individual will provide technical leadership on new business development for this program area. This position will require occasional business-related travel.

Reporting to the SVP of Engineering for Mercury, the CE is the primary owner of the technical solution (to include the technical portion of cost and schedule) and the technical interface to Program, Engineering, and Executive leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

• The Signal Technologies Chief Engineer is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for the engineering execution of an entire business unit.
• The Signal Technologies Chief Engineer will effectively partner with Technical Program Manager and Functional leads within an Engineering Matrix to accomplish the goals of the Business Unit.
• Leads (system) architecture design and optimization activities, trades and analyses.
• Ensures system design and implementation meet technical requirements and customer/mission needs within allocated engineering cost & schedule.
• Ensures system design is realizable, maintainable, supportable and testable.
• Drives technical risk and opportunity definition, identification, mitigation/realization.
• Technical interface to Customer, PMO and executive leadership.
• Understand requirements, missions, use cases, and constraints.
• Technical risks and issues including impact assessment, mitigation, minimization and closure plans.
• In addition to primary responsibilities as a Chief Engineer, this position will also include direct functional management of a small group of chief engineers within the Electronic Combat Solutions Chief Engineer section.
• Active mentoring of engineering talent.
• Ensure team adheres to Mercury's cultural principles, policies, and vision.
• Collaborate with senior management on Chief Engineer recruiting, development, and talent pipeline.

Required Qualification:

• Minimum of 12 years of mixed experience in high performance sensor processing systems design, integration and test, and system qualification.
• Demonstrated prior success as Lead Design Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Program Chief Engineer or Integrated Product Team Lead with demonstrated advancing levels of responsibility.
• Design experience with RF, Microwave, microelectronics and other DoD applications of similar complexity.
• Demonstrated prior success as Technical Lead on major proposals, and ability to brief internally and externally at the senior executive level.
• Strong systems and design engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to establish a strong technical baseline with disciplined change management, while operating in a rapid development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across a highly multi-disciplinary role, requiring experience across all design engineering disciplines, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.
• Ability to independently produce whitepapers and conference briefings to support the capture of new opportunities and marketing of emerging technologies.
• Ability to independently interact and lead engagement with senior customers.
• Strong team player with good interpersonal skills as well as excellent written/verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualification:

• Advanced degrees in applicable Math or Science area or Finance or Law (MBA or JD).
• Factory establishment and production experience.
• Capture Management and Program Management leadership experience.
• Knowledge of DoD architecture and standards (e.g., USAF OA Radar, SOSA, JADC2, ABMS, etc.).
• A significant part of the engineering team is split between sites across the United States. This role will require on-site support at multiple sites and associated travel.
• Preferred candidates local to Andover, MA / Hudson, NH.
• Will consider relocation package for candidates not currently local to these locations.

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

This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

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.

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.

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