The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Mixed Signal Electronic Design Engineer

Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; Master's preferred.
  • 3-5 years of experience in electrical engineering or a related field.
  • Proficiency in electronic design and detailed design specifications.
  • Experience with miniature low power embedded systems and sensor integration.
  • Basic coding experience in C/C++ or assembly, and FPGA firmware development.

Responsibilities

  • Translates project and system requirements into hardware architectures.
  • Innovatively solves issues and drives project completion collaboratively.
  • Builds, debugs, and tests prototypes and deliverable hardware.
  • Prepares documentation and provides ongoing manufacturing support.
  • Researches innovative solutions for cutting-edge designs.
  • Engages with colleagues to develop reliable and cost-effective product solutions.
  • Communicates design status and project progress to management and partners.

Benefits

  • Work-life balance improvement programs, including workplace flexibility.
  • Access to employee clubs (photography, yoga, etc.) and health workshops.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
  • Opportunities for off-site social events.
  • Support for continuing education and professional development.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

A Mixed-Signal Electronic Design Engineer designs, develops, tests, and oversees the manufacturing of electrical printed circuit boards (PCBs), analog and digital circuits, electronic equipment, sensors, motors, radar and navigation systems.

In addition, the Mixed-Signal Electronic Design Engineer develops the architecture, designs circuit's, performs simulations, performs physical layout, verifies and tests designs. Performs a variety of engineering activities throughout the life cycle to support planning, design, test, deployment, and sustainment.

The Tailored Systems Business Area within Electronics Program Office directorate delivers first-of-a-kind field-ready microelectronics solutions in support of National Security missions. The Draper team is chartered with supporting the Nation’s most challenging problems by 1) providing an iterative and agile approach to innovative and creative technical solutions delivered at the speed of mission and 2) driving leading edge technology development efforts to support future mission needs. This role will support a large multi-disciplinary team as part of a long-standing, fast-paced contract with history of immense success. Apply to be part of this incredibly talented and dedicated Draper team!

You will:
Support system architecture design and trade studies
Will review and support proposal development and project execution
Understand detailed electrical analysis and design for mixed-signal electronics
Schematic capture, simulation, and PCB layout/oversight, prototypes bring up and debugging, functional verification and performance characterization

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Translates project and system requirements into well-defined hardware architectures working with cross-functional teams.

  • Innovatively solves issues, drives completion of the project to schedule, and collaboratively works with other technical contributors.

  • Builds, debugs, and tests prototypes and deliverable hardware.

  • Prepares documentation for manufacturing, and provides continuous support.

  • Researches and enables innovative solutions for cutting-edge designs.

  • Engages other engineers and partners to develop reliable, cost effective end solutions for products.

  • Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and development partners regarding design status, project progress, and issue resolution.

  • Independently executes assignments with minimal oversight.

  • Able to apply technical knowledge to solve problems.

  • Contributes high quality content for technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance.

  • Proactively identifies needs and concerns associated with design decisions and communicates them to project leadership.


Skills/Abilities

  • Proficiency in electronic design.

  • Ability to write detailed design specifications.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

  • Excellent time management skills.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Ability to prioritize tasks.

  • Thorough understanding of engineering theories and procedures.


Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field. Master's degree preferred.


Experience

3-5 years experience in electrical engineering or related field.

Additional Job Description:

  • Technical capability with strong electrical engineering fundamentals

  • Experience leading teams of engineers as well as a background in developing new products/business

  • Experience in all of the following areas of electronic design: miniature low power embedded systems, sensor integration, wireless communication interfaces, battery conditioning and maintenance.

  • Basic experience with microcontroller software (using C/C++/or assembly), and FPGA firmware (VHDL or Verilog).  Ability to develop code for bring-up tests or simple demos.

  • Familiarity with signal and power integrity analysis tools (Hyperlinx, Ansys).

  • Experience with miniature electronic packaging and design using bare die or chip-scale packages.  Ability to understand and influence packaging design constraints and requirements for custom designs.

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

$75,000.00 - $156,000.00

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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