Senior Solid-State Sensor Engineer for Inertial Systems

Inuplands; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Draper in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Solid-State Sensor Engineer to advance inertial instruments for guidance applications. You will work with engineers and physicists to prototype gyroscopes, accelerometers, and sensor prototypes, characterize performance, and plan production roll-out to meet stringent requirements.

Requires 5–10 years in hardware instrument engineering; bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering; masters or PhD preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Master’s or PhD sought for advanced roles.
• 5–10 years of hardware instrument engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive design and development of precision instruments.
• Mentor Hardware Instrument engineers.
• Design experiments to prove design concepts viable and optimal.
• Collaborate to design and develop prototype and production hardware.
• Integrate precision instruments into larger systems to meet performance metrics.
• Develop initial fabrication processes for custom instruments.
• Draft and present technical documents and testing results to management.
• Provide training related to devices to employees and subcontractors.
• Perform independent research as needed to solve problems.

Skills

High-precision sensors

MEMS

Solid-state physics

Control systems

System architecture

Prototyping

MATLAB

CAD

FEA

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

MATLAB

CAD

FEA

Job description

Draper in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Senior Solid-State Sensor Engineer to advance inertial instruments for guidance applications. You will work with engineers and physicists to prototype gyroscopes, accelerometers, and sensor prototypes, characterize performance, and plan production roll-out to meet stringent requirements.

Requires 5–10 years in hardware instrument engineering; bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Applied Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering; masters or PhD preferred.