The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Group Leader, Electro-Optics Integration

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

Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering or related discipline required.
  • 5-7 years of experience in engineering, design, development, and management of complex systems.
  • Expertise in electro-optic and photonic components, integration with electronics, and mechanical subassemblies.
  • Proficient in precision mechanical drawings and assembly fabrication methods.
  • Strong communication skills for technical presentation and team management.

Responsibilities

  • Manage career development and administrative operations for group members.
  • Communicate relevant strategic information from management to team members.
  • Lead and mentor team while conducting performance evaluations.
  • Identify staffing needs, create job requisitions and manage the hiring process.
  • Serve as Lead Subject Matter Expert in area of expertise.
  • Shape technology offerings and drive new business opportunities.
  • Collaborate with management to align capabilities with customer strategic priorities.

Benefits

  • Programs to improve work-life balance and workplace flexibility.
  • Engagement opportunities through employee clubs (e.g., photography, yoga).
  • Workshops on health and finance.
  • Social events off-site for team building.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

Draper is conducting a nationwide search for a highly innovative and experienced individual to lead our Electro-Optics Integration Group.

The mission focus of the group is the integration of state-of-the-art optical fiber, photonic, and electro-optic components into higher-level solid-state sensors and systems. The group mission will also include the development of novel integration processes and high reliability, high performance assembly procedures.

The successful candidate will lead an organization tasked with the development of the integration approach, modelling/simulation and development of electro-optic subassemblies used in inertial sensors and other one-of-a-kind applications.

Experience with transition to production and support of deployed systems is also expected.

Responsibilities will include: Business area development, proposal generation and technical project management, in addition to basic group leader functions including hiring and staff development.

Ideal candidate should have expertise in electro-optic and photonic components and optical fiber technologies and fabrication methods. Expertise in precision mechanical drawings and assemblies and integration of sensors with electronics and mechanical subassemblies is also expected.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Manage administrative details and career development for group members.
• Convey relevant information from management to group members.
• Lead, mentor, build depth their area of expertise. and conduct performance evaluations of group members.
• Maintain awareness of staffing requirements, write job requisitions (responsibilities and required qualifications) for hiring as required, review and disposition incoming resumes, conduct interviews.
• Serve as Lead Subject Matter Expert for Area of specialty.
• Shape Draper’s technology offerings and open new business areas based on program and technical experience.
• Analyze Draper strategy and work with management to build capability in key areas that align Draper's capabilities with customer's strategic priorities.

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
5-7 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 Top Secret security clearance,  which requires proof of US citizenship.

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 - $220,000.00

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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