The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Senior Precision Analog/Power Electronics 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 of experience in electrical engineering or related field.
  • Proficient with schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.
  • Experience in circuit simulation using Spice or similar tools.
  • Expertise in system modeling and analysis with MATLAB, Simulink, or other comparable tools.

Responsibilities

  • Optimizes system designs for reduced size, weight, and power.
  • Designs new products and develops technical specifications for production.
  • Analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions and tests hardware conformance to specifications.
  • Independently drives solutions to complex problems, adapting to changes in requirements.
  • Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for advanced architectures and designs of complex electronics.
  • Identifies program/system-level technical risks and develops mitigation strategies.
  • Manages multi-disciplinary tasks with cross-functional teams and effectively communicates project status.

Benefits

  • Work-life balance initiatives including flexibility and employee clubs.
  • Access to health and finance workshops.
  • Opportunities for off-site social events and community engagement.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

A Senior Precision Analog/Power Electronics Engineer designs, specifies, develops, and tests analog/ power electronics for a wide array of applications, such as switched-mode power conversion, battery management circuitry, distributed power architectures, wireless power transfer, radiation hardened designs, motor controllers, low noise power conditioning for precision instrumentation, analog front ends, signal conditioning, analog-to-digital conversion, precision feedback systems, and dc/dc conversion. The engineer develops the architecture, designs these circuits, performs simulations, implements the physical layout, verifies and tests designs. They also perform a variety of engineering activities throughout the life cycle to support planning, design, test, deployment, and sustainment.

Applicant will be responsible for carrying out circuit simulations to verify custom spice models against component specifications. The engineer will collaborate closely with the part designer and model designers to verify and modify both as necessary.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Optimizes system designs for reduced size, weight, and power.

  • Designs new products and develops technical specifications for their production.

  • Analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions and tests hardware conformance to specifications.

  • Independently drives solutions to complex problems - develops requirements, proposes ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapts appropriately to changes in requirements.

  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to develop advanced architectures and designs for complex electronics.

  • Involved in business development and proposal activities.

  • Identifies program/system-level technical risks and develops and executes mitigation strategies.

  • Ability to manage multi-disciplinary tasks with a cross functional team and effectively communicates status to project leadership and customers.

  • Develops, documents, and teaches best practices to less experienced teammates.

  • Demonstrates strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.

  • Support business development and proposal activities.


Skills/Abilities

  • Proficient with schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.

  • Ability to perform circuit simulation using Spice or other simulation tools.

  • System modeling and analysis experience using MATLAB, Simulink, or other comparable tools.

  • Ability to prioritize tasks.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

  • Excellent time management skills.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field required. Advanced degree preferred.


Experience

5-10 years of experience in electrical engineering or related field.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a US 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 - $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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