Fabrication Engineering Group Lead - Prototyping & AI

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA seeks an Assistant Group Leader to guide Group 72 (Fabrication Engineering) in developing advanced hardware prototypes for national security applications.

The AGL will lead technical and organizational efforts, modernize operations, and foster growth of future leaders while collaborating with program managers, mission partners, and shop operations to deliver fast-turn prototype systems.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in engineering or a related field; MS or PhD desired.
• Ability to align strategic planning with effective execution and delivery of organizational priorities.
• Demonstrated technical excellence and leadership in fabrication engineering and operations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing complex prototype systems.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, scope, resources, performance, and risk.
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Broad knowledge of fabrication capabilities and ability to apply emerging technologies.
• Ability to apply advances in AI and automation to agile, flexible, and data-driven operations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute strategic priorities aligned with Laboratory and national security needs.
• Align investments in people, infrastructure, and technology with future mission needs.
• Establish metrics to assess operational performance against strategic objectives.
• Strengthen collaboration and simplify interfaces across the Laboratory.
• Increase engagement with academic institutions, industry partners, and potential sponsors.
• Support technology transfer to government and industry partners.
• Lead, mentor, and develop fabrication engineering members and future technical leaders.
• Provide technical oversight of fabrication and AI&T activities.
• Foster a collaborative environment that promotes technical excellence and ownership.
• Drive strategic planning and execution of priorities, initiatives, and technical efforts.
• Guide program team members to resolve technical challenges and deliver program objectives.
• Serve as PM or DPM for complex prototype development programs and/or provide leadership across portfolios.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams with responsibility for programmatic and technical leadership.
• Resolve technical, manufacturing, supply-chain, schedule, quality, and resource challenges.
• Partner with mission divisions and sponsors to identify and develop new funded opportunities.
• Develop robust, flexible, and agile operating practices for fast-turn prototype development.
• Advance operations through improved planning and operational visibility.
• Modernize operations through automation, digital fabrication, data analytics, and AI.
• Strengthen operations with resilience to material, supplier, and resource disruptions.
• Establish scalable practices that balance engineering rigor with R&D speed and flexibility.
• Apply Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to improve overall group performance.
• Provide state-of-practice capabilities for increasingly complex prototype systems.
• Anticipate future mission needs and develop technology roadmaps for related capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to improve technical capabilities.
• Develop novel fabrication solutions that expand engineering design and performance options.
• Advance emerging fabrication and AI&T technologies.

Education

Technical degree in engineering or related field

Job description

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA seeks an Assistant Group Leader to guide Group 72 (Fabrication Engineering) in developing advanced hardware prototypes for national security applications.

The AGL will lead technical and organizational efforts, modernize operations, and foster growth of future leaders while collaborating with program managers, mission partners, and shop operations to deliver fast-turn prototype systems.