The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Test and Product Development Systems Engineer

Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 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.
  • 3-5 years experience in Systems Engineering or a relevant role.
  • Proficiency in systems data analysis and system simulations or Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) environments.
  • Familiarity with GN&C systems, inertial instruments, vibration, and signal processing is advantageous.
  • Experience in requirements management including development and traceability.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute integration and test approaches for components or subsystems.
  • Contribute to technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance.
  • Adapt to changes in program requirements as necessary.
  • Identify and communicate needs and concerns to project leadership.
  • Engage in additional assigned duties as required.

Benefits

  • Programs to enhance work-life balance, including workplace flexibility.
  • Access to employee clubs like photography and yoga.
  • Health and finance workshops offered on-site.
  • Opportunities for social events off-site.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Full Job Description

Job Description Summary:

The Production, Mission Operations and Enhancements Division – Transition to Production and Deployment group group at Draper is seeking a Systems Engineer to work within multidisciplinary teams to develop and provide full system lifecycle development and management of complex, strategic grade systems, sensors and components. Responsibilities include:

• Apply strong systems engineering principles to product development process for transition to Production/Deployment; concept, design Integration & Test processes and data package development and release with a high understanding of the follow-on phases to assure successful next phases of the system
• Gain a strong understanding of the deployed systems operations, mission, use cases while leading future concepts for enhancements, opportunities for leading large scale system upgrades
• Lead the test architecture and execution of testing and test architecture for development and transition to production
• Deploy Model Based Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering approaches to the development of products, concepts and/or testing & sell of systems
• Lead the develop of system requirements, complaince cases and test plans for changes to deployed systems, development systems, or new products
• Apply strong systems engineering principles to system or product development process, which could include leading the Integration & Test processes and data package development and release
• Key job elements include the ability to translate requirements and functions of the units under test including highly accurate strategic sensors, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs), inertial navigation systems and fault tolerant computing for enhanced ground testing, integration and test environments, engineering qualification, surveillance, and factory acceptance test equipment architecture (e.g. rate tables, centrifuges)

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Help define an I&T approach for a particular component / subsystem / system and independently execute plan.
• Contribute high quality content for technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance.
• Adapt appropriately to changes in program requirements.
• Proactively identify needs and concerns associated with plan execution and communicate them to project leadership.
• 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 3-5 years in Systems Engineering or relevant role.

Additional Job Description:

Preferred Qualifications

  • System data analysis utilizing system simulations or HWIL environments
  • Experience in any of the following areas is a plus: GN&C systems, inertial instruments, vibration, signal processing, data acquisition and analysis, control theory, system modeling and test, integration and test of HW and SW elements, electronics-based components and subassemblies (MEMS, breadboard HW, etc.). 
  • Domain experience with experience for strategic GN&C systems, sensors or electronics modules
  • Experience with requirements management - including development and traceability

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

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 - $150,000.00

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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