Expert Systems Architect

Job Summary:
Mercury Systems is seeking an Expert Systems Architect to collaborate and lead cross functional engineering teams to influence the next-generation of Mercury’s industry-leading secure processing solutions. In this role as a security product architect, you will have a significant role guiding Mercury’s product roadmap and architect future solutions to address processor secure boot requirements while working with Systems Engineering partners to drive the technical baseline development of Mercury processing solutions across the system lifecycle. You will support program activities as a Subject Matter Expert and author technical reports and related items as subcontract data item deliverables. Contribute to continued process improvement within one of the fastest-growing segments of the business. Ensure that systems are built, integrated, and tested according to internal product requirements and quality standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conceptualizes, models, and guides the architecture and design of secure boot for processors such as Intel Server-class, Intel Mobile, ARM, and RISC-V architectures.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system design weaknesses.
• Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems.
• Provides multi-layered technical expertise for next generation initiatives.
• Define in detail embedded computer architecture, including Intel server and mobile class implementations, defining total systems design, technology, and interface operational concepts.
• Develops and documents the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards.
• Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprise's architecture needs.
• Serve as the main technical contact for projects.
• Provides technical guidance to project team areas as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

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Typically requires 10 years working with external customers and internal stakeholders to identify critical needs with system features and performance issues

• Knowledge of UEFI Secure boot, Intel UEFI BIOS architecture, Xilinx MPSoC Secure Boot, Intel’s TXT technology, and operating system boot loaders
• Experience with Security Systems Engineering principles, including risk-based analysis to create derived requirements and facilitate design specification development
• Direct experience validating, verifying, and deploying security hardened systems and sub-components
• Direct experience architecting and realizing security solutions within Linux, hypervisors, and/or containerization
• Hands on experience developing inputs (Feature, stories) for agile development execution
• Present to customers status of technical issues and technical presentations as a subject matter expert
• Responsible for providing an accurate assessment of the scope of work for projects and accurate assessments of progress
• Understands and addresses cost, schedule and performance impacts and provides trade-offs for programs decisions
• Experience implementing Model Based Systems Engineering principles
• Experience with threat modeling, weakness analysis, and data flow diagrams
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens

Preferred Qualifications:

• Location: Huntsville, AL
• Model Based Systems Engineering principles, specifically SysML
• Active Secret Clearance

"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.

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