Project Tech

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.

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Summary:

The Project Technician performs highly skilled work under limited supervision of senior technical personnel. Perform cleaning, maintenance, and/or calibration of critical facilities and equipment requiring highly skilled and specialized knowledge. Performs work of an essentially repetitive nature requiring highly specialized skills for production of Draper's most complex deliverable hardware. Such work shall involve extremely complex manual tasks requiring high degrees of manual dexterity and attention to detail and/or the operation of complex automated or semi automated equipment requiring highly evolved production skills.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities With limited or no supervision, carefully documents their own work consistent with work unit policy in handwritten form or using common computer-based software.

Performs scientific experiments and/or tests with complex laboratory equipment independently or in collaboration with senior technical personnel.

Applies analytic and test experience in the execution of acceptance procedures independently or in collaboration with senior technical personnel.

Programs computer controlled automated and semi-automated equipment.

At the discretion of the supervisor, performs focused training to grow and enhance skills for betterment of the department or the Laboratory as a whole.

As needed, mentor, train or supervise more junior technicians.

Other temporary assignments at the discretion of the supervisor.

Skills/Abilities Proficiency with Microsoft Applications; MS Windows, Word, Excel etc.

Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.

Possess highly specialized skills for production for assigned work area.

Possess a high degree of attention to detail.

Education Requires a minimum Associates Degree in engineering or science program, A Bachelor's Degree is strongly  Lieu required college degree, a minimum of two years of technical schooling may be satisfied through one of the following.

High school diploma or its equivalents, plus two years of technical schooling related to engineering or science.

Completion of Military Technical School Experience When  education requirement is met, requires a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience.

When education requirements are not met, requires a minimum of 15 years' of relevant experience.

Additional

Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Secret Clearance is required.

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Job Location
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Cambridge

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Massachusetts

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $55.80 - $55.80

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