The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Senior EMI/EMC Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field (advanced degree preferred)
  • 5-10 years experience in Radio Frequency or Communications Engineering or related field
  • Strong understanding of Electromagnetic principles, grounding, shielding, and noise concepts
  • Hands-on experience with RF measurement instrumentation
  • Proven ability in problem-solving and cross-functional team leadership

Responsibilities

  • Design RF and communications systems to address complex challenges
  • Manage engineering projects in a dynamic environment
  • Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Analyze and model complex RF systems, proposing design modifications as needed
  • Identify technical risks and create mitigation strategies
  • Mentor junior engineers, providing constructive feedback
  • Participate in business development and proposal activities

Benefits

  • Workplace flexibility and support for work-life balance
  • Access to health and finance workshops
  • Engagement in employee clubs (e.g., photography, yoga)
  • Participation in off-site social events
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:
A Senior EMI/EMC Engineer is responsible to support the design, development, integration, and qualification of advanced electronic and RF systems. This engineer is expected to demonstrate strong understanding of Electromagnetic principles, grounding and shielding, signal integrity, and noise concepts. The ideal candidate will ensure electromagnetic compatibility across complex hardware platforms, helping to minimize interference, ensure regulatory compliance and improve overall system performance and robustness.
This role involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams including RF, digital, power, mechanical, and system engineers through the product lifecycle, from concept development through validation and production

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
  • Designs RF and Communications systems that solve challenging problems.
  • Manages complex engineering projects in a fast-paced environment.
  • Develops and maintains effective internal/external relationships.
  • Drives solutions to complex problems with limited direction-contributes to requirements development, proposes ways forward, and adapts appropriately to changes in requirements.
  • Performs analysis and modeling of complex radio frequency or communications systems.
  • Contributes to customer presentations.
  • Able to provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical disciplines.
  • Identifies program/system-level technical risks and develops and executes mitigation strategies.
  • Actively mentors less experienced teammates and provides thoughtful, constructive feedback.
  • Ability to lead a cross functional team.
  • Involved in business development and proposal activities.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.


Skills/Abilities
  • Knowledge of RF systems and architectures.
  • Knowledge of fundamentals of electrical engineering.
  • Skills with RF and Communications software tools.
  • Hands on experience with instrumentation for RF measurement.
  • Strong problem solving skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability and willing to work in highly collaborative team environment.
  • Excellent management and organizational skills: proven ability to meet deadlines, task prioritization and attention to details.


Education

Requires bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Experience

Requires 5-10 years experience in Radio Frequency or Communications Engineering or related field.

Additional Job Description:

Previous experience with anechoic chamber measurement, high speed board design, and mixed signal design is a plus.

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

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Job Location - City:
Cambridge

Job Location - State:
Massachusetts

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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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