Draper
Principal Systems Engineer
Cambridge, MA · Principal · Full-time
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About the role
- Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
- The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions.
- From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide.
Responsibilities
- Our multi-disciplinary teams innovate and develop solutions for full system development lifecycle in areas of importance for national security.
- The candidate will support the development of requirements, systems concepts, interface concepts along with digital capabilities like digital twins and digital threads.
- Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements
- Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges and disciplines
- Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
- Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or related field.
Nice to have
- Knowledge and experience in GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, comms/encryption, threat modeling or other technologies preferred
- Proficiency with modeling and simulation, computer language coding, descriptive modeling (e.g. SysML), and/or other engineering analysis methods
- Expert-level proficiency in SysML
- OMG SysML Certification
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
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- If you don't find the right posting in our Career Opportunities, you may submit your resume for future consideration.
Skills
- Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is
Benefits
- Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
- To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance
This listing is sourced directly from Draper's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.