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Draper

Independent nonprofit engineering firm for government

Senior Design Transfer Systems Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCambridge, MA, USA$82.3k - $220k

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.
  • Experience planning, implementing, and closing product design transfers into production environments.
  • Experience navigating Technical and Manufacturing Readiness Level processes, Risk Management and Manufacturing Readiness Assessments, or related processes.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, including conveying test plans and results through technical report writing and presentations.
  • Ability to work with program managers, customers, and government representatives to define needs and requirements, write proposals, and lead technical teams.
  • Ability to participate in some travel to off-site locations, less than 25%, typically less than one week in duration.
  • Applicants selected for the position must obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

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, adequately mitigate, and resolve integration and test risks and issues.
  • Develop and implement integration and test approaches through a program lifecycle as a subject matter expert.
  • 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 to achieve program goals.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of Design for X, including Design for Assembly, Test, Manufacturing, Reliability, Quality, Cost, Sustainability, Supply Chain, and Maintenance.
  • Working knowledge of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, including DFMEA, FMEA, and PFMEA.
  • Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Execution Systems.
  • Experience with full development lifecycle approaches for components, subsystems, or systems, including Phase Gate, Agile, Iterative, and V-shaped models.

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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