Senior Integration and Test Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

23h

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 for national challenges across areas including military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering. The System Integration and Test Engineer serves as a system integrator for technologies and product lines built 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 testing; verification and validation; performance evaluation; and acceptance testing. The engineer collaborates with Systems Engineers to establish clear, verifiable, traceable requirements and to inform system concepts, architectures, and designs that promote testability. The role also applies resident expertise and lessons learned to support highly reliable, robust, complex systems. The engineer takes ownership of assignments and leads tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule. They develop plans, approaches, and procedures for complex integration and test problems across a program lifecycle, contribute to technical reports and presentations, communicate technical information to stakeholders, identify and mitigate program- and system-level risks, and mentor less experienced engineers. Other duties may be assigned. This position is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The advertised US base salary range for this full-time position is $82,300 to $220,000. Draper describes workplace-flexibility programs, employee clubs, health and finance workshops, off-site social events, and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance; a current in-scope Secret clearance or higher is desired.

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 take ownership of assignments and lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule.
Ability to develop approaches and procedures for complex integration and test problems with limited direction, and to adapt to changing requirements.
Ability to contribute technical reports and presentations and present technical information to stakeholders.
Ability to identify technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
Ability to balance competing tasks and demands and work in a fast-paced team environment.
Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience interfacing with, operating, and troubleshooting environmental test equipment such as rate tables, shakers, impact testers, and thermal, humidity, and pressure chambers.
Experience automating and optimizing test infrastructure and processes.
Experience with Python and test scripting.
Exposure to Earned Value Management Systems and practices.
Current in-scope Secret security clearance or higher.

Responsibilities

Plan, execute, and manage integration and test activities from early test-concept development through system certification.
Perform or support functional simulation; subsystem and system integration and testing; verification and validation; performance evaluation; and acceptance testing.
Collaborate with Systems Engineers to establish clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements and promote testable system concepts, architectures, and designs.
Take ownership of assignments and lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule.
Develop plans, approaches, and procedures for complex integration and test problems across a program lifecycle, documenting assumptions and adapting to changing requirements.
Contribute high-quality technical reports and presentations for their intended audiences.
Present technical information 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.
Perform other duties as assigned.