Senior Inertial Sensor Engineer - MEMS & Solid-State

Draper Labs; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Draper, an independent R&D organization in Cambridge, MA, seeks a Senior Solid-State Sensor Engineer to advance inertial instruments for aerospace and defense applications. You will develop gyroscope and accelerometer prototypes, characterize performance, and enable production roll-out to meet stringent requirements.

Work with engineers and physicists on system design, prototyping, testing, and integration into larger systems, while mentoring junior staff and drafting technical documents for

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering; masters or PhD preferred.
• Requires 5–10 years of experience in Hardware Instrument Engineering or related.

Responsibilities

• Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction to design and develop precision instruments.
• Mentor less experienced Hardware Instrument engineers.
• Design experiments and experimental precision instruments to prove viable concepts.
• Collaborate with engineers to design prototype and production hardware to meet application needs.
• Integrate precision instruments into larger systems and meet performance metrics.
• Develop initial processes for fabrication of custom instruments.
• Draft and present technical documents, reports, and testing results for approval.
• Provide training related to devices to employees, sub-contractors and/or customers.
• Perform independent research when needed to solve problems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

MEMS

Solid-state physics

Control systems

System architecture

Prototyping

Testing

MATLAB

CAD

FEA

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Masters or PhD preferred

Tools

MATLAB

CAD

FEA

Job description

Draper, an independent R&D organization in Cambridge, MA, seeks a Senior Solid-State Sensor Engineer to advance inertial instruments for aerospace and defense applications. You will develop gyroscope and accelerometer prototypes, characterize performance, and enable production roll-out to meet stringent requirements.

Work with engineers and physicists on system design, prototyping, testing, and integration into larger systems, while mentoring junior staff and drafting technical documents for