Senior Astronomical Instrument Engineer & Tech Leader

Draper-1

Cambridge (MA)

On-site

USD 75,000 - 220,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Draper, a nonprofit research and development company in Cambridge, MA, seeks a scientist/engineer with deep experience in astronomy, optical engineering, optomechanics, or astrophysics and hands-on optics-based instruments and astronomy data analysis. The successful candidate will lead large hardware instrument projects, design and model instruments, and mentor engineering teams.

Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering, 15+

Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering.
15+ years of experience in Hardware Instrument Engineering or related.
Masters or PhD degree preferred.
Applicants selected will be required to obtain and maintain government security clearance.

Responsibilities

Independently formulate hardware instrument solutions to complex, multidisciplinary problems with a deep understanding of a customer's strategic priorities.
Capable of helping customers shape their needs and develop hardware instrument requirements for programs that solve their most challenging technical problems.
Lead large, technically diverse Hardware Instrument projects.
Collaborates with other engineers to design and develop prototype and production hardware to meet the application needs.
Drafts and presents formal technical documents, reports, and testing results.