Senior GPS Test Operator

Overview:

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. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Job Description Summary:

System Integration and Test (I&T) Engineer (SMTS) serves as the system integrator for technologies and product lines developed using Draper's core capabilities.​ In this role they plan, execute, and manage I&T activities starting from early test concept development through system certification. This includes functional simulation, subsystem and system integration and test, verification and validation (V&V), performance evaluation, and acceptance testing. System I&T Engineers leverage multi-disciplinary engineering expertise and collaborate with other Systems Engineers to establish clear, verifiable, and traceable requirements, inform and drive system concepts, architectures, and designs to promote testability, and utilizes resident expertise and lessons learned to support the development of highly reliable, robust, and complex systems.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Able to take ownership of assignments and guide others as needed; successfully lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost and schedule.
• Derive plans, approaches, procedures for solving complex I&T problems across a program lifecycle, capturing all assumptions and adapting appropriately to changes in requirements with limited direction.
• Independently contributes high quality content for technical reports and presentations which shows an understanding of their task and an awareness of the intended audience. Demonstrates both confidence and success when presenting technical information during meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
• Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry and customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. program leadership, and non-technical personnel
• Be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.

Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.

Experience
Requires 5-7 years in Systems Engineering or relevant role.

Additional Job Description:

• Receive training to become proficient in operating and maintaining the modernized receivers; ability to perform any essential test scenarios vital to validate test requirements.
• Ensure the modernized receiver systems are ready for all required test events.
• Perform system configuration management to include software, hardware and firmware.
• Support for testing that utilizes operational GPS Satellites and GPS Simulators.
• Ability to collaborate with other Draper sites (primarily Cambridge, MA), Draper subcontractors, Government and Government contractor organizations on the planning, execution, and reporting of GPS requirement validation test activities.
• Perform post processing and analysis of collected test event data.
• Generate deliverable documents and presentation of analyzed data for test events to Government, Government contractors, and Draper Engineers.
• Responsible for System Administration of both Linux and Windows computers systems in support of MRTA, to include handling computer system licenses and maintenance agreements.
• Coordinate with Security Office(s) to handle visit authorizations and security for visitors
• Act as a point of contact for site computer systems, internet services, and telecommunications.
• Adhere to established policies and procedures for security material, to include utilization and transfers (incoming and outgoing).
• Collaborate with management and support teams to ensure continuous site operations.
• Support customer program reviews as needed by providing slide material, occas