Principal Technical Project Manager - Mercury Systems : Job Details

Principal Technical Project Manager

Mercury Systems

Job Location : Upper Saddle River,NJ, USA

Posted on : 2025-07-15T01:45:06Z

Job Description :

Mercury Systems is looking for the world's best and brightest emerging talent. If you want to tell people WHY you do what you do, rather than simply WHAT you do, Mercury is calling. Our Purpose, Innovation That Matters, inspires our people in making trusted, secure, mission-critical solutions profoundly more accessible to aerospace and defense. We bridge the gap between commercial technology and defense applications to address the industry's most pressing high-tech needs. Why? To help create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

As a Principal Technical Project Manager at Mercury Systems, you will manage the development and implementation process of Microwave and Mixed Signal products and services. Coordinating with departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitoring the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizing cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project (i.e., product on schedule and within budget constraints).

You will be a part of a dynamic, geographically dispersed, experienced, and highly skilled, full-service, rapid development engineering team. We all work together to deliver our Microwave and Mixed Signal product line which includes our Secure Sensor Processing, OpenVPX, and RF subsystems, to our Aerospace and Defense customers. We are an agile team focused on delivering innovative, high-quality products to our customers on time and on budget.

Job Responsibility:

  • Working across functional teams, including Hardware Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, System Architecture, Integration, Quality, and Documentation to facilitate the effective on-time/on-budget development and delivery of Mercury's products and system solutions.
  • Serves as the primary liaison between the engineering project team and other stakeholders (ie. Marketing, Sales, Operations, Program Management, Product Management, Technical Support, and Senior Management)
  • Accountable for the success of assigned projects (within budget, on schedule and meeting customer expectations)
  • Interact with stakeholders to understand the business needs, communicate project status, and develop relationships to ensure satisfaction while minimizing project risk
  • Develop project plans, risk mitigation plans, tasks, budget, deliverables, dependencies, and resource requirements to ensure on time delivery
  • Oversee project deliverables, intervening when necessary to adjust priorities, move aggressively toward resolution of key delivery and customer issues, optimize for product line quality, timeliness, and flexibility
  • Interact with and synchronize all key members of the project team and stakeholders
  • Work directly with Senior Management, functional managers, and Program Management to resolve resource and organizational conflicts
  • Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors

Required Qualification:

  • Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field related field with a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience
  • Experience managing projects in a new hardware manufacturing product development environment
  • Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor, Automotive, Medical Device, Communications, or related manufacturing industry experience
  • 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

Preferred Qualification:

  • Advanced Degree
  • RF and Microwave experience
  • Mixed Signal Electronics – FPGA, DSP, Analog & Digital
  • Experience with scheduling, tracking and risk management techniques and tools
  • Experience identifying and implementing process improvements across an organization
  • Knowledgeable in all phases of the product development life cycle from requirements through design, implementation and integration, and manufacturing release
  • Experience with Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM and Kanban
  • Experience with MS Project
  • Experience with documentation and collaboration tools, such as Confluence and SharePoint
  • Experience with issue tracking tools, such as Jira
  • Experience with system and subsystem integration
  • PMI Certification
Additional Information

Mercury considers a variety of factors to determine individual base salary offers to candidates, including:

* the role and related responsibilities;

* education, training, skills and certifications;

* internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles;

* geographic location; and

* alignment with market data.

In addition to base salary, Mercury provides a variety of benefits for team members including:

* bonus opportunities (or special incentives for sales positions);

* health, life and disability insurance;

* company-paid holidays and time off;

* discounted employee stock purchase plan;

* tuition reimbursement; and

* access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including LinkedIn Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse.

Team members at the Director or Vice President level are also eligible to receive annual stock-based awards.

Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work/ life balance (available based off location)

Security Clearance

None

Export Requirements

This position may require 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.

Why Mercury?

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.

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. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the number below.

Mercury Systems, Inc. is an American multinational Tier 2 aerospace and defense technology company.

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