5 months ago
Cambridge, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$82k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Evaluate requirements, propose solutions, and explore design trades to support software designs.
- Design algorithms and develop embedded software for real-time, resource-constrained systems.
- Analyze designs, demonstrate performance and functionality, and execute software tests against requirements.
- Troubleshoot inefficient or malfunctioning software and develop corrective solutions.
- Prepare technical documentation, including procedures, reports, drawings, manuals, and other deliverables.
- Communicate with customers and stakeholders about requirements, designs, and deliverables.
- Contribute to requirements development, architecture ideation, system-level risk identification, and mitigation strategies.
- Take responsibility for a subset of engineering scope and mentor less experienced engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- 5–10 years of experience in Software Engineering or a related field.
- Excellent embedded-target development and troubleshooting skills, including knowledge of operating-system coding techniques, IP protocols, interfaces, and hardware subsystems.
- Expertise in real-time software development and high-level languages such as C, C++, or Rust.
- Experience with UML/SysML, in-circuit emulators, JTAG debuggers, and laboratory test equipment.
- Knowledge of software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review processes.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance; Secret Clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Workplace flexibility programs supporting work-life balance.
- Employee clubs, including photography and yoga clubs.
- Health and finance workshops.
- Off-site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
About Draper
Draper is an independent, nonprofit engineering R&D organization that designs and delivers complex systems for government, defense, space, and biomedical customers. It works as a prime contractor and subcontractor on programs spanning guidance and navigation (PNT), autonomous systems, human systems, and special programs, with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its business model centers on sponsored research and engineering services for U.S. government agencies, industry partners, and academia.