The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Principal Production Test Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.
  • 7-10 years experience in Systems Engineering or a relevant role.
  • Experience with acceptance testing transitioning from development to production.
  • Knowledge in defense, CCA, E/M assemblies, or MEMS devices preferred.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance, with Secret Clearance desired and Top Secret Clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Manage program/task performance by monitoring priorities, scope, schedule, and costs.
  • Independently derive I&T requirements and define test plans and procedures.
  • Assist customers in mitigating I&T risks and resolving issues.
  • Act as Subject Matter Expert to develop I&T strategies throughout the program lifecycle.
  • Identify technical risks and execute mitigation strategies.
  • Develop and teach best practices to junior engineers.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Flexibility in workplace arrangements.
  • Access to employee clubs, including photography and yoga.
  • Health and finance workshops available.
  • Opportunities for off-site social events.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:
The Production Test Engineering & Execution Group at Draper is seeking a Principle Production Test Engineer with broad technical skills and a wealth of industry experience in the transition and maturation of acceptance testing from development into production. This individual will guide and enable production test capabilities on a wide variety of electro-mechanical and electro-optical systems with applications including GN&C (Guidance, Navigation and Control), defense, space, and other related areas.

Tasking will include development, deployment, and maintenance of in-process and final acceptance testing solutions. Design and development of test equipment and training for users of equipment. Authoring and maintaining complex system checkout procedures for use by Production Operations, support and maturation of those procedures. Troubleshooting, root-cause/corrective action identification, and disposition of tested assets.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Manage and control priorities, scope, schedule, and cost to baselines by proactively monitoring program/task performance across larger activities.
• Independently derive system-level I&T requirements based on mission requirements and defines plans, approaches, and detailed test procedures to solve complex I&T problems.
• Helps customers understand and adequately mitigate and resolve I&T risks and issues.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to develop and implement I&T approaches through a program lifecycle.
• Identify program/system-level I&T technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers. Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
• Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry and customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. program leadership, and non-technical personnel
• Be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.

Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.

Experience
Requires 7-10 years in Systems Engineering or relevant role.

Additional Job Description:

A defense background is preferred, with experience in CCA, E/M assemblies, or MEMS devices.

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Secret Clearance is desired, Top Secret Clearance is preferred.

Job Location - City:
Cambridge

Job Location - State:
Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:
02139-3563

The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$95,000.00 - $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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