The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory-posted 8 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Cambridge, MA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. The GNC System Architecture group at Draper is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to develop and manage requirements and interface specifications for guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems in mission domains such as: strategic defense systems, hypersonic and space systems, precision guided munitions, and autonomous air/sea vehicles. This role entails the application of systems engineering methods within a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering framework.

  • Coordinate, schedule and participate in the requirements assessments.
  • Assist in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
  • Conduct requirements engineering, scheduling, reliability, development, and evaluation, maintainability and analysis for training.
  • Support the analyses and allocation of requirements.
  • Assist in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
  • Lead assessment effort in conducting both formal and informal evaluations and analysis.
  • Analyze assessment results and make improvement/change recommendations.
  • Ensure assessment results and recommendations can be incorporated into the requirements documentation.
  • Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction - contribute to task planning and test development, propose ways forward, and adapt appropriately to changes in program requirements.
  • Lead small teams. Seek to align team towards program goals and build trust within the team.
  • Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges.
  • Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
  • Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.
  • Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or related field.
  • 5-10 years experience in systems engineering with emphasis in requirements engineering.
  • Highly-organized, capable of approaching problems with a system-level perspective.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Practical experience with the systems engineering process.
  • Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering (DE) tools/methods.
  • Proficiency with modeling/simulation, computer coding languages, SysML, STPA, DOORs, and/or other engineering analysis tools.
  • Knowledge of GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, comms/encryption, or other technologies may be required.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Workplace flexibility.
  • Employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga.
  • Health and finance workshops.
  • Off site social events.
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
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