Technical Staff

Employment Details

Date:
May 2, 2026

Location:

Lexington, MA, US

Company: MIT Lincoln Laboratory

The Fabrication Engineering Group realizes prototype systems that demonstrate advanced technology. The group provides innovative fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of advanced hardware prototypes for national security applications. It is involved from the initial design through the final build of prototype systems, including important verification testing. The group concentrates on high‑complexity parts, quick‑turn capabilities and activities that require concurrent engineering with program teams.

Examples of fabrication activities include precision machining of fiber mounts for airborne high‑energy laser systems, multifunctional structures using additive processes for ground‑based radar systems, custom printed circuit boards for space‑borne data processing, and highly integrated mechanical packaging for undersea communication terminals.

The Group seeks a talented, creative, and motivated staff member to strengthen the Group's ability to provide rapid and innovative fabrication solutions to challenging problems. The successful candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary program team, providing fabrication expertise, coordinating design for manufacturability reviews, facilitating fabrication activities, and developing and executing program fabrication plans in close collaboration with program teams, internal shop operations, and group members.

The role involves partnering with program teams to realize prototype systems that demonstrate national‑importance technology, offering expertise in fabrication engineering. The position offers opportunities to grow in program management, research and technology development, operations management, and the development of state‑of‑practice fabrication capabilities through advanced digital processes and the design of a new engineering and prototyping facility.

• PhD degree in fabrication / manufacturing engineering or equivalent, or MS degree with 5‑years of relevant experience in fabrication and/or manufacturing engineering
• Proven leadership skills and ability to thrive in a team environment
• Ability to manage programs including cost, schedule, performance, scope and risk and to develop and execute program fabrication plans
• Broad knowledge of current fabrication technologies and an interest to learn future fabrication technologies
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Experience utilizing digital engineering methodologies and data systems
• Experience with advanced mechanical and PCB assembly technologies
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) reviews
• Experience with significant research and development efforts
• Experience with hands‑on machining and post‑processing operations
• Experience with hands‑on PCB assembly

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $145,200 - $170,000

Experienced Hiring Range: $145,200 - $220,000

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements.

This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT‑funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work‑life balance options
• And much more!

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre‑employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

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