The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Group Leader, Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing

Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
  • 7+ years of engineering experience in design, development, and management of complex systems.
  • Strong supervisory skills managing teams of 10-20.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team for advanced microelectronics manufacturing.
  • Drive a culture of ownership and accountability in operations.
  • Partner with design engineering and quality teams to enhance delivery performance.
  • Lead initiatives for capacity and yield improvement.
  • Establish performance metrics and conduct data-driven analysis.
  • Implement manufacturing process improvements with process engineering.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet production objectives.
  • Define and execute strategies to accelerate product development.

Benefits

  • Workplace flexibility to enhance work-life balance.
  • Employee clubs focusing on various interests like photography and yoga.
  • Health and finance workshops offered to employees.
  • Social events and outings organized off-site.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:
The Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing Group Leader is a highly visible leadership role responsible for the delivery of packaged advanced microelectronics components.

You will play a critical role in bridging engineering innovation with operational execution, by leveraging the strengths of world-class equipment and personnel to deliver high quality products to our internal and external customers.

You will oversee the execution of device packaging activities across multiple facilities. You will work closely with process engineering, design engineering, and highly skilled technicians to satisfy demand while driving design for manufacturability, yield improvements, quality enhancements, cycle time reduction, and production readiness across the product lifecycle. This operations role partners closely with engineering, quality, and programs to introduce new technologies and processes into manufacturing while continuously improving existing production capabilities.

This position offers a unique opportunity to influence manufacturing strategy, develop advanced production capabilities, and help shape how complex microelectronic hardware transitions from development into reliable, repeatable production.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
  • Lead and develop a team supporting advanced microelectronics manufacturing operations.
  • Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the manufacturing organization.
  • Partner closely with design engineering, new product introduction, and quality teams to improve predictability and delivery performance.
  • Lead initiatives focused on the development of capacity and yield improvement models.
  • Establish and monitor performance metrics using data-driven analysis to ensure and improve delivery.
  • Work closely with process engineering to identify and implement manufacturing process improvements that enhance efficiency, scalability, and product quality.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, and Program teams to ensure customer commitments and production objectives are achieved.
  • Help define and execute manufacturing strategies that accelerate product development, speed of execution, and give Draper world class fast-to-field performance.


Skills/Abilities
  • Excellent communication and written skills.
  • Excellent ability with presenting technical material to various levels of the engineering organization and customers.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
  • Strong ability to supervise a team of 10-20.


Education
Requires a degree in Engineering or related discipline.

Experience
7+ years of experience in the engineering; design, development, and management of complex systems.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

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Job Location - City:
Cambridge

Job Location - State:
Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:


The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$82,300.00 - $245,000.00
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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