Senior Space Systems Architect Open-Standards TS Clearance

Mercury Systems, Inc.; Hudson, Phoenix, Andover, Torrance (NH, AZ, MA, CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Health insurance

Stock-based awards

Tuition reimbursement

9/80 schedule

Job summary

Mercury Systems, Inc. is seeking an Expert Systems/Solution Architect Engineer in a hybrid role based at Hudson, NH, with other U.S. locations as options.

You will design scalable, open architectures for spaceborne EO/IR and RF sensing, define payload data paths, lead customer engagements, and architect AI/ML on‑orbit processing while shaping Mercury’s next generation sensing solutions. You will also lead the Advanced Concepts Group Space Strategic Initiative, engaging stakeholders and guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of systems engineering or architecture experience in spaceborne, radiation-hardened, RF, sensing, payload-processing, data-recording, or embedded-computing systems.
• Active U.S. Top Secret clearance; TS/SCI eligibility preferred. Clearances may be granted only to U.S. citizens.
• Travel: ability to travel roughly 25% to customer and Mercury sites.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evaluate open-standards-based EO/IR and RF payload-processing modules and subsystems.
• Define end-to-end data-path architectures, interfaces, requirements, and performance targets.
• Lead customer engagements and translate mission needs into hardware and software requirements.
• Design AI/ML-enabled on-orbit processing for target identification, data prioritization, feature extraction, sensor fusion, and selective data reduction.
• Address system-level constraints involving data rates, gain, noise, latency, throughput, synchronization, storage, power, thermal performance, radiation, and communications bandwidth.
• Mitigate Single Event Effects through component selection, circuit design, fault-tolerant architectures, and software controls.

Skills

Expert systems

Architecture design

Cross-functional leadership

Customer engagement

AI/ML on-orbit processing

RF sensing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS/EE/CE

Job description

Mercury Systems, Inc. is seeking an Expert Systems/Solution Architect Engineer in a hybrid role based at Hudson, NH, with other U.S. locations as options.

You will design scalable, open architectures for spaceborne EO/IR and RF sensing, define payload data paths, lead customer engagements, and architect AI/ML on‑orbit processing while shaping Mercury’s next generation sensing solutions. You will also lead the Advanced Concepts Group Space Strategic Initiative, engaging stakeholders and guiding