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Draper

Independent nonprofit engineering firm for government

Principal Integration and Test Engineer

Hardware Validation & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCambridge, MA, USA$95k - $245k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field is required.
  • Seven to ten years of experience in Systems Engineering or a relevant role is required.
  • A curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry- and 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 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; Secret or higher clearance is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and control priorities, scope, schedule, and cost to baselines by proactively monitoring program and task performance across larger activities.
  • Independently derive system-level integration and test requirements based on mission requirements, and define plans, approaches, and detailed test procedures to solve complex integration and test problems.
  • Help customers understand, mitigate, and resolve integration and test risks and issues.
  • Develop and implement integration and test approaches as a subject matter expert through a program lifecycle.
  • Identify program- and system-level integration and test technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
  • Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers.
  • Demonstrate organization, planning, and time-management skills to achieve program goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with qualification or acceptance testing, electromagnetic interference, GPS, vibration, shock, pressure, temperature, or optics characterization.
  • Experience automating and optimizing test infrastructure and processes.
  • Familiarity with DOORS, SysML, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Linux operating systems, or Python.

About the Company

Draper

Independent nonprofit engineering firm for government

Draper is an independent nonprofit engineering organization that provides engineering services to government, industry, and academia. It works on projects as a prime contractor, a subcontractor, or a collaborator in consortia, applying interdisciplinary teams to domains from space to undersea. It differs from many competitors by focusing on mission-driven, practical solutions rather than selling products, and by using a mix of contracting models that enable broad collaboration. Its goal is to engineer working, validated systems that solve the nation’s toughest problems across multiple domains through collaborative engineering.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$33.3M
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA
Founded
1973

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