Senior SMT Manufacturing Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

1d•$75,000 - $245,000

About The Position

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with more than 2,000 employees working on national challenges across areas including military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering. Its multidisciplinary teams collaborate to develop successful, usable solutions. The Senior SMT Manufacturing Engineer will influence SMT and mixed-technology assembly from concept through production. The role applies SMT expertise, CAD skills, and statistical knowledge to develop reflow profiles, engineer SMT stencils and tooling, and program and optimize automation equipment. The engineer will work with engineering and production teams to deliver hardware for mission-critical programs and drive improvements in high-reliability manufacturing environments. The position involves creating product concepts with CAD, gathering design resources, testing products for usability and safety, and overseeing manufacturing and production standards. The engineer will address complex problems with limited direction, contribute to requirements development, recommend design or process changes based on quantitative results, identify and mitigate technical risks, and mentor less experienced engineers. Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance; a Secret clearance is preferred.

Requirements

5+ years in electronics manufacturing with deep SMT expertise.
Advanced reflow, tooling design, and factory automation programming experience.
Proven success driving program improvements in high-reliability environments.
5–7 years of experience in Product Engineering or a related field.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or another relevant field.
Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multidisciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment while balancing multiple competing tasks and demands.
Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Secret clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

Use Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs to create product concepts.
Gather materials or resources needed to design the product.
Test the product for usability and safety.
Oversee the manufacturing and production process to set standards.
Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction, contribute to requirements development, propose ways forward, and adapt to changes in requirements.
Provide insight and suggest design or process modifications based on quantitative data or results.
Identify program- or system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.
Develop reflow profiles, engineer SMT stencils and tooling, and program and optimize automation equipment.
Collaborate with engineering and production teams to deliver hardware for mission-critical programs.