Draper

Mechanical Engineer

• Assist electrical engineers with the design and layout of electrical hardware, primarily printed wiring boards (PWBs)
• Create moderate to highly complex PWB designs and associated documentation
• Assist in developing moderately complex and detailed PWB layouts
• Work with moderate to minimal oversight from senior technical personnel
• Provide feedback to management on the effectiveness of processes and work instructions
• Interface with DFM engineers to define and implement fabrication criteria for manufacturability
• Assist engineers with constraint editing and entry
• Work with multiple senior technical staff members on design projects
• Resolve conflicting information by requesting management assistance
• Communicate project status and issues to management and project team members
• Perform other assigned duties

ECAD Layout Design Engineer

Software Engineer

• Support research and development of new or existing systems, hardware, and software
• Develop low-level software for real-time embedded systems
• Develop infrastructure and application software for resource-constrained sensor, vehicle, and infrastructure systems
• Design, develop, and enhance engineering solutions
• Implement and test solutions, perform analysis, and provide documentation support
• Generate and present test reports with plots, tables, evaluation criteria, and conclusions
• Complete assignments developing practical knowledge of engineering processes, procedures, equipment, facilities, systems, and their interrelationships
• Perform other duties as assigned

Co-Op Student – Engineering

• Design, develop, and enhance engineering solutions for challenging problems
• Implement, test, perform analysis, and provide documentation support
• Generate and present test reports including plots, tables, evaluation criteria, and conclusions from data collected and analyzed throughout the test process
• Complete assignments designed to develop practical knowledge of processes, procedures, equipment, facilities, and systems and their interrelationships within engineering disciplines
• Assist in eliciting functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholders and translate them into clear, verifiable specifications
• Help maintain requirement traceability matrices and contribute to translating requirements into technical and architectural decisions
• Draft sections of technical reports, presentations, and requirement documents with minimal guidance
• Work closely with a lead engineer and interdisciplinary teams in systems engineering, machine learning, and data science
• Identify gaps or conflicts in requirements, propose mitigations, and assist in updating best-practice processes
• Participate in training on MBSE, TSE, and Python-based data workflows
• Perform other duties as assigned

Digital Engineering – Requirements Engineering Intern

• Design, develop, and enhance engineering solutions for challenging problems
• Implement, test, perform analysis, and provide documentation support
• Generate and present test reports including plots, tables, evaluation criteria, and conclusions
• Complete assignments developing practical knowledge of engineering processes, procedures, equipment, facilities, systems, and their interrelationships
• Assist in eliciting functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholders and translate them into clear, verifiable specifications
• Help maintain requirement traceability matrices and contribute to technical and architectural decisions
• Draft technical reports, presentations, and requirement documents with minimal guidance
• Work closely with a lead engineer and interdisciplinary teams including systems engineering, machine learning, and data science
• Identify gaps or conflicts in requirements, propose mitigations, and assist in updating best-practice processes
• Participate in training on MBSE, TSE, and Python-based data workflows
• Perform other duties as assigned

Digital Engineering – Requirements Engineering Co-Op

Engineer

• Derive detailed component-level requirements from system-level directives
• Maintain requirements traceability matrices linking requirements to architecture, design, and test artifacts
• Write clear, measurable, and verifiable requirements
• Create and manage SysML models using tools such as MagicDraw
• Conduct trade-space analyses and integrate digital twins and digital threads
• Lead Service Oriented Architecture solutions and cross-domain data workflows
• Develop Python scripts and tools for requirements analysis and validation
• Follow the Quality Management System and engineering standards
• Identify process gaps and champion best-practice adoption
• Lead small technical teams, delegate tasks, track progress, and ensure quality deliverables
• Mentor junior engineers and interns
• Engage customers and internal partners to identify business opportunities
• Manage assignment scope, schedule, and cost; communicate status to stakeholders
• Identify technical risks, develop mitigation plans, and execute them
• Coordinate, schedule, and participate in requirements assessments
• Support strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management, and interface design
• Translate mission and customer needs into system and capability requirements and solutions
• Lead formal and informal evaluations and analyses
• Analyze assessment results and recommend improvements
• Drive solutions to complex problems and contribute to task planning and test development

Senior Requirements Engineer

• Design, implement, and maintain Python and Java services supporting data flow and analytics pipelines
• Develop, containerize, and orchestrate applications using Docker and Podman
• Automate builds, tests, and deployments using Python/Bash scripts
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines such as GitLab CI and Jenkins
• Integrate software components into larger architectures and support cross-domain data workflows
• Troubleshoot runtime issues in containerized environments
• Follow Draper’s quality management and best-practice processes
• Collaborate with lead engineers, systems, ML, data science, and external partner teams
• Produce technical notes, meeting minutes, status updates, reports, and other documentation
• Execute assignments, design algorithms, analyze performance, develop software tests, and identify technical risks and mitigations
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders regarding requirements, designs, and deliverables
• Attend training, webinars, and conferences focused on modern DevOps practices

Digital Engineering Developer

• Gather and document functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholders
• Translate high-level mission objectives into clear, verifiable task-level requirements
• Contribute to requirements traceability matrices under senior guidance
• Create simple requirement models using SysML tools such as MagicDraw
• Participate in trade space exploration activities to evaluate alternatives
• Support development of Service-Oriented Architecture components and cross-domain data workflows
• Write basic Python scripts for requirements analysis or data automation
• Follow Draper’s quality management system and best-practice guidelines
• Collaborate with lead engineers, cross-functional teammates, and external partners
• Produce technical notes, meeting minutes, status updates, reports, and presentations
• Participate in requirements assessments and formal/informal evaluations
• Analyze assessment results and recommend improvements or changes
• Execute system engineering lifecycle assignments under program leadership oversight
• Identify challenges and communicate them to project leadership
• Attend training, webinars, and conferences for professional development

Requirements Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

• Designs and develops AI models to meet project requirements
• Analyzes and improves AI model performance
• Applies ML and deep learning technologies to enable computers to visualize, learn, and respond to complex situations
• Collaborates across departments and with customers to define requirements and understand business problems
• Reviews task-level requirements and assumptions and solves well-defined problems with guidance
• Performs independent and team-based research with guidance
• Seeks assistance and resources for solving problems when needed
• Delivers on commitments and communicates challenges clearly
• Learns about customer missions
• Improves operations at the task or individual-contributor level
• Identifies areas for improvement and brings them to task or group leadership
• Performs other duties as assigned