Senior Quantum Sensing Hardware Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Draper, an independent nonprofit R&D organization based in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Senior Condensed Matter Physicist to advance room-temperature quantum and condensed matter platforms for precise sensing and measurement systems.

The role involves designing, modeling, testing, and characterizing novel methods, with emphasis on optics, electromagnetics, materials, and thermodynamics. A Top Secret clearance is required for selected candidates.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in physics, applied physics, electrical engineering, optics, or similar.
• PhD degree is preferred for advanced opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develops and applies advanced design methods and research techniques.
• Analyzes and recommends design approaches to meet prototype or production requirements.
• Plans and conducts hardware projects or phases of projects.
• May provide technical leadership to other team members.
• Develops quantum, optical, and photonic sensors and instruments.
• Provide recommendations for performance improvements and cost reductions.
• Identify challenges and communicate them to project leadership.

Skills

Programming

Data analysis

Technical writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in physics/engineering

PhD preferred

Tools

Lab software

Job description

Draper, an independent nonprofit R&D organization based in Cambridge, MA, is seeking a Senior Condensed Matter Physicist to advance room-temperature quantum and condensed matter platforms for precise sensing and measurement systems.

The role involves designing, modeling, testing, and characterizing novel methods, with emphasis on optics, electromagnetics, materials, and thermodynamics. A Top Secret clearance is required for selected candidates.