Software Engineering Lead

Mercury Systems

UShybrid$75k-$177k/yrPosted Jun 19, 2026
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About the role

Job Summary:

Mercury Systems is seeking a Software Engineer to lead a collaborative engineering team focused on designing, developing, integrating, and testing software 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:

Lead software development team in task planning and status.

Manages large projects or processes

Limited oversight from manager

Coaches, reviews, and delegates work for lower-level professionals

Influences others regarding policies, practices and procedures

Define software development plan, define software test plan, and design software architecture.

Mange software configuration items and formally release software.

Support design teams in hardware bring-up and system-level validation of products.

Collaborate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) to enhance and support product development.

Partners with test engineering, systems engineering, and customer support teams to reproduce, troubleshoot, and resolve customer issues.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in relevant technical discipline.

Typically requires 10+ years relevant work experience.

Experience with C++ object-oriented programming.

Experience with embedded programming on hardware.

Experience working in Linux environments.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

Experience with ANSI C and Python.

Experience with C# and Windows Presentation Framework (WPF).

Experience with object-orientated design patterns.

Experience with Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence.

Experience with lab equipment for data collection and processing.

Candidates will need to possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills with the ability to work effectively both individually and collaboratively.

Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.

Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.

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Requirements:

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.

To find out more about Why Mercury?, or visit the Mercury Community or find answers to general questions at Mercury FAQs

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Additional Details : Fulltime Equivalent Job Grade Salary Range for this position • $75,000.00 - $150,000.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD or TX, and all remote employees • $84,000.00 - $168,000.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in VA, CA, NH or MA • $88,500.00 - $177,000.00 annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in NJ

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

the role and related responsibilities;

prior work experience;

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;

401(k) retirement plan;

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)

Compensation

This Other role pays $75k-$177k/yr. Within typical range for other roles in United States.

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