The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Sr. Hardware Material/Chemical Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
  • 7-15 years of relevant experience in Material or Chemical Engineering.
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for understanding customer requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Identify, select, and recommend or create materials based on various performance criteria.
  • Measure the performance of materials as per specifications.
  • Conduct performance testing on prototypes using new materials or combinations.
  • Analyze and resolve issues related to reliability and yield improvement.
  • Collaborate with process engineers in material development and fabrication.
  • Maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Independently execute design assignments with oversight.

Benefits

  • Programs to improve work-life balance and workplace flexibility.
  • Employee clubs including photography and yoga.
  • Health and finance workshops for skill enhancement.
  • Social events and discounts for local cultural activities.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:
The Material/Chemical Engineer develops chemical processes, materials, and test methods in support of new components, products, and fielded systems. This can include identifying, modifying, or synthesizing bulk materials, scaffolds, and surfaces with novel or enhanced properties.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Identifies, selects, and recommends, or creates materials based on weight, strength, heat and cold tolerance, cost, durability, and other relevant requirements with guidance.
• Measures performance of various materials in accordance with specifications.
• Conducts performance testing of prototypes and products with new materials or novel combinations of materials and chemistries.
• Analyzes and addresses issues such as reliability, yield improvement, and/or failure
• Collaborates with process engineers as part of a development and fabrication team to modify or create novel materials or fabrication methods.
• Develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships.
• Independently execute design assignments under the oversight of the group leader.
• Contribute content for technical reports and presentations with appropriate guidance.
• Adapt appropriately to changes in program requirements.
• Identify challenges associated with assigned work and communicate them to group leader.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the proven ability to fully understand customers requirements.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a development team.

Education
Requires a bachelors degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering. A Masters degree is preferred.

Experience
Requires 7-15 years Material or Chemical engineering experience, or other relevant engineering experience.

Additional Job Description:

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

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$62,500.00 - $275,000.00
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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