Electrical Integration and Test Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

About The Position

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with more than 2,000 employees. Its multidisciplinary teams develop solutions to national challenges in areas including military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering. The System Integration and Test (I&T) Engineer serves as a system integrator for technologies and product lines developed using Draper's core capabilities. The role plans, executes, and manages integration and test activities from early test concept development through system certification. Activities include functional simulation; subsystem and system integration and test; verification and validation; performance evaluation; and acceptance testing. The engineer works with multidisciplinary engineering teams to establish clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements and to shape testable system concepts, architectures, and designs. The role also applies resident expertise and lessons learned to help develop reliable, robust, complex systems. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or applied physics field and 5–7 years of systems engineering or relevant experience. Preference is given to candidates with electrical engineering, hardware-in-the-loop, avionics, optical test, or inertial sensor test experience. Applicants selected for the role must obtain and maintain a government security clearance; a current Secret clearance is preferred. The position is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The US base salary range is $82,300–$220,000, with individual pay determined by factors including work location, skills, experience, and education or training.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
5–7 years of experience in Systems Engineering or a relevant role.
Ability to solve complex, industry- and customer-driven problems as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment and balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience or skills in electrical engineering, hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), avionics, optical test, or inertial sensor test.
Current Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of assignments and guide others as needed, leading tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule.
Develop plans, approaches, and procedures to solve complex integration and test problems across a program lifecycle; document assumptions and adapt to changing requirements with limited direction.
Contribute high-quality technical reports and presentations that demonstrate understanding of the work and its intended audience.
Present technical information confidently to internal and external stakeholders.
Identify program- and system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Mentor less experienced engineers and provide constructive feedback.
Plan, execute, and manage integration and test activities from early test concept development through system certification.
Perform functional simulation, subsystem and system integration and test, verification and validation, performance evaluation, and acceptance testing.
Collaborate with Systems Engineers to establish verifiable and traceable requirements and inform system concepts, architectures, and designs for testability.
Perform other duties as assigned.