Senior Hardware Instrumentation Engineer, Inertial Sensors

Draper; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace flexibility

Employee clubs

Workshops: health & finance

Off-site social events

Museum discounts

Job summary

Draper in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Hardware Instrumentation Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and produce high-precision inertial instruments for advanced guidance applications.

You will work with cross-functional teams to build gyroscopes, accelerometers, and guidance sensors, prototype and plan production rollouts, and ensure instruments meet stringent performance and reliability requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering; Masters/PhD preferred.
• Experience in hardware instrumentation engineering or related field (5–10 years) is desirable.
• Experience with MEMS or solid-state sensor technologies and precision instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Drive design and development of precision instruments with limited direction.
• Mentor junior hardware instrumentation engineers.
• Design experiments and precision instruments to validate concepts.
• Collaborate to develop prototype and production hardware to meet needs.
• Integrate instruments into larger systems and meet performance metrics.
• Develop fabrication processes for custom instruments.
• Present technical results and training to teams and customers.
• Perform independent research as needed.

Skills

Sensor development

Electro-mechanical design

Control systems

Readout electronics

Mechanical design

System integration

MEMS/solid-state sensors

Optical displacement sensing (desir.)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering / Applied Physics / Electrical or Computer Engineering

Masters or PhD preferred

Tools

MATLAB

CAD

FEA

Job description

Draper in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Hardware Instrumentation Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and produce high-precision inertial instruments for advanced guidance applications.

You will work with cross-functional teams to build gyroscopes, accelerometers, and guidance sensors, prototype and plan production rollouts, and ensure instruments meet stringent performance and reliability requirements.