SENIOR INTEGRATION AND TEST SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Cs Draper Labs - Cambridge, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Cambridge, MA

1,001-5,000 employees

About the position

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with over 2,000 employees dedicated to tackling significant national challenges. The System Integration and Test (I&T) Engineer (SMTS) plays a crucial role in this mission by serving as the system integrator for various technologies and product lines developed using Draper's core capabilities. This position involves planning, executing, and managing I&T activities from the early stages of test concept development through to system certification. Responsibilities include functional simulation, subsystem and system integration and testing, verification and validation (V&V), performance evaluation, and acceptance testing. The System I&T Engineer will leverage multidisciplinary engineering expertise and collaborate with other Systems Engineers to establish clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements, which will inform and drive system concepts, architectures, and designs to promote testability. Additionally, the engineer will utilize resident expertise and lessons learned to support the development of highly reliable, robust, and complex systems. In this role, the engineer will take ownership of assignments and guide others as needed, successfully leading tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule. They will derive plans, approaches, and procedures for solving complex I&T problems across a program lifecycle, capturing all assumptions and adapting appropriately to changes in requirements with limited direction. The engineer will independently contribute high-quality content for technical reports and presentations, demonstrating an understanding of their tasks and an awareness of the intended audience. They will also identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies while actively mentoring less experienced engineers and providing thoughtful, constructive feedback. This position requires a curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry, and customer-driven problems as part of a multidisciplinary team, along with effective collaboration and communication skills with program team members, leadership, and non-technical personnel.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and manage I&T activities from early test concept development through system certification.
• Conduct functional simulation, subsystem and system integration and testing, verification and validation (V&V), performance evaluation, and acceptance testing.
• Establish clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements in collaboration with other Systems Engineers.
• Derive plans, approaches, and procedures for solving complex I&T problems across a program lifecycle.
• Independently contribute high-quality content for technical reports and presentations.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and provide constructive feedback.
• Lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost, and schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in Systems Engineering or a relevant role.
• Demonstrated experience integrating and testing complex hardware/software systems.
• Experience in verification and validation planning and execution, including design of test or design of experiment methodologies.
• Strong ability to lead small teams and collaborate with stakeholders across internal and external functional boundaries.
• Proficiency in at least one software programming language.

Nice-to-haves

• MS degree in applicable engineering discipline (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Physics, or equivalent) with 5+ years of direct experience.
• Experience with strategic weapon, DoD, space, GN&C, or inertial systems.
• Knowledge of MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering) including system modeling languages (e.g., SysML) and relevant tools (e.g., MagicDraw).
• Experience in functional system modeling and simulation development using Matlab, Simulink, or other comparable tools.
• Familiarity with LabVIEW, Python, C, C++.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing, control theory, or mixed-signal hardware systems.

Benefits

• Workplace flexibility
• Employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga
• Health and finance workshops
• Off-site social events
• Discounts to local museums and cultural activities