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Draper is looking for an experienced Government Accounting & Compliance Analyst to join the Government Compliance Team at Draper. This is a highly visible and impactful role that will be relied upon to ensure Draper’s business systems are compliant with DFARS regulations and internal policies and procedures. In addition, the successful candidate will apply professional expertise to execute the day-to-day aspects of government cost accounting. The candidate will perform various tasks pertaining to cost accounting compliance for government contracts, including regulatory review and interpretation for current and proposed contracts, preparation of annual cost-related submissions and supporting documentation, ongoing monitoring and review of transactional data for allowability and allocability, and providing support, training and guidance to ensure Draper complies with applicable regulations.
The position will interface with a nearly all areas within Draper, including Internal Audit, Contracts / Subcontracts, Procurement, Property, Programs, Engineering, Legal, and Business Winning. The right candidate is a highly motivated, energetic, and experienced individual that is keen on making significant and positive impacts to the company.
- Develop, implement and maintain government accounting and estimating policies and procedures that comply with Federal regulations
- Responsible for supporting estimating system compliance; including training, system adequacy, policies and procedures, maintenance of centralized proposal center, real-time estimating compliance testing
- Assist team in researching and interpreting Federal regulations to make determinations of allowability and compliance with regulations
- Provide Government accounting expertise in support of preparation and submission of Government submissions
- Serve as the DCMA cost monitor’s point of contact and Support DCMA cost monitoring activities (quarterly rates, planning, RFIs, and reporting)
- Lead or co-lead external DCMA audits and reviews
- Monitor business systems effectiveness and compliance through audits and reviews
- Provide analysis of results, develop corrective actions in coordination with the Business System owners and key process stakeholders, follow up on corrective action plans and perform audit closeout activities
- Collaborate with the Business System owners, key process stakeholders, group compliance focal points and Internal Audit
- Support proposal pricing for “other than forward pricing” proposals
- Maintain current knowledge on FAR, FAR Supplements, CAS, and DCAA accounting compliance
- Develop, coordinate, and/or conduct compliance-related training as needed
- Ensure adherence to pertinent regulatory requirements and to departmental/company policies, practices, and procedures
- Support financial initiatives/special projects
- Perform all other related duties as assigned
*Performs inspections on a variety of materials, components, assemblies, and/or systems. Types of inspections include visual, workmanship, dimensional, and electrical.
*Must be able to use and interpret engineering drawings, sketches, and work to inspection procedures. Must be able to follow and execute to verbal and written instructions.
*Documents work results and generates inspection reports. Must be knowledgeable in Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel.
*Complies with safety and security rules and observes good housekeeping practices.
*Accomplishes assignments with minimum direct supervision.
Typical equipment used includes:
For Mechanical Inspection-Microscopes. micrometers, gage blocks, pin gauges, comparators, surface plates, height gages, rotary tables, coordinate measuring machines, and roundness and surface analysis equipment.
For Electrical Inspection-Oscilloscopes, Capacitance/impedance bridges, power supplies, and microscopes.
The Bioengineering Division is seeking a motivated laboratory researcher to support the research and development of multiple cutting-edge technologies. At Draper Bioengineering, we work at the interface between engineering and biology, and the successful applicant will join teams working on microphysiologic systems (tissues-on-chip), along with other capabilities in development. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, observant, collaborative, and dedicated, and will be fluent in molecular and cell biology. Experience working in a BSL2 level tissue culture laboratory is required. We offer an atmosphere that fosters innovation, a supportive team environment, intellectual freedom and creativity, and an emphasis on career development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Culture, maintain, and manipulate human primary cells and cell lines in standard culture and on novel Draper platform technologies
- Perform a variety of standard molecular, biochemical, cellular, and/or analytical assays (e.g. ELISA, Luminex, QPCR, IHC/IF)
- Help create, document, maintain and execute experimental assay protocols and analytical methods to be compatible with Draper’s platform technologies
- Analyze, document and report experimental data to internal project management, external customers, and/or for publication
- Troubleshoot experimental work in coordination with colleagues and project leadership
- Support lab organization and maintenance as needed
The Bioengineering Division is seeking an experienced Senior Scientist to support the research and development of cutting-edge technologies. At Draper Bioengineering, we work at the interface between engineering and biology, and the successful applicant will join teams working on microphysiologic systems (organ-on-chip), along with other capabilities in development. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, observant, collaborative, and dedicated, and will serve as a subject matter expert, applying their foundational immunology knowledge and experience to exciting, interdisciplinary efforts.
Draper offers a distinctive atmosphere that blends the best aspects from academia, government, and industry and that fosters innovation, a supportive team environment, intellectual freedom and creativity, and an emphasis on career development. The available position offers the potential for career growth and opportunities to take on more responsibilities over-time.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as an cell biologist and/or tissue bioengineer subject matter expert (emphasis on lung, liver, gastrointestinal, neural, and/or lymphoid tissue biology) for interdisciplinary teams including biologists, engineers, chemists, bioinformaticians, etc.
- Plan and execute hands-on experiments in a BSL-2 lab with Draper’s novel in vitro platform technologies (microphysiological system or organs-on-chip); train and supervise junior staff.
- Lead mammalian cell and tissue culture and assay development; assist in troubleshooting experimental work in coordination with colleagues as needed.
- Analyze, report, and present experimental data to internal management, external customers, and/or for publication.
- Work across a broad spectrum of engineering and biological applications to solve our customers’ most challenging needs including biodefense/biosecurity and medical countermeasure development applications.
- Multitask within a dynamic and diverse project environment and adapt to changing priorities.
- Support lab organization and maintenance as needed.
The Strategic Systems Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Electronics Integration & Test group at Draper is seeking a Hardware Engineer with broad technical skills to work within multidisciplinary teams to conceptualize, develop, analyze, and/or assess robust GN&C electronics solutions for a wide variety of applications, including defense systems.
A successful candidate will be:
- Highly motivated to support the delivery of technology solutions that are of strategic importance to the nation
- Dedicated to developing the in-depth mission and technology domain expertise that enable realization of such solutions for complex systems
- Capable of planning and executing individual tasks on a multidisciplinary team, as well as leading small teams as necessary
Draper is seeking a skilled, motivated, detail-oriented guidance and control engineer to support the design, development and analysis of advanced guidance and control algorithms as well as the development and testing of G&C models for missiles. The design and analysis tasks call for a wide-ranging suite of G&C design and analysis techniques such as classical, optimal, robust and/or adaptive control methods; analytic and numerical controller analysis and verification tools; and model- & optimization-based techniques such dynamic inversion and pseudo-spectral methods for trajectory design. Analysis tasks will include assessments of closed-loop system performance, development and verification of algorithms and algorithm requirements, and analysis of flight dynamics. The candidate should be familiar with the development and use of time domain as well as frequency domain analysis and linear covariance methods.
Responsibilities will include analyzing, developing, and testing GN&C algorithms, implementing algorithms in Simulink, writing simulation software in various languages, developing and executing simulations and other tools for analysis, writing algorithm descriptions and analysis reports and developing missile GN&C models and documentation, and gaining in-depth knowledge of applicable platforms and sensors.
We are looking for a highly qualified engineer in the area of real-time safety-critical embedded software development. The candidate will support Draper in the development of next-generation resilient and fault tolerant software solutions. The candidate should have experience in developing application-level and platform-level software with a focus on guaranteed-availability and performance in resource constrained systems. Prior experience in developing avionics systems is a must. The candidate will support Draper's efforts in the development of mission-critical embedded system software for various industries.
The candidates activities will include full lifecycle software engineering, including requirements analysis, architectural & functional design, implementation, test, and integration of embedded software systems. The candidate should be familiar with developing in an agile environment with a test as you go attitude. He/she must be able to work closely with senior & junior hardware and software engineers as part of an integrated team.
Draper is seeking a product engineer with experience in electronic packaging, microelectronics system design and manufacturing. The product engineer role at Draper is less about a specific “product” and more about providing a component-level to system-level perspective that will help mature advanced (often first-of-a-kind) prototype designs with an eye towards manufacturability, assembly, and reliability (i.e. DFx). The role requires the candidate to support interactions between program subject matter experts and both outside vendors and internal services and help develop plans for how to get from prototype to low-rate production. Experience with vendor management and an understanding of the DOD Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) process are important.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Supporting cross-functional design engineering teams and managing the integration of DFx activities into the prototype stage of the hardware product development cycle.
- Contribute to identifying risk and developing complex mitigation strategies, developing best practices, suggesting alternative solutions, and resolving issues in collaboration with the cross-functional teams.
- Help design the transition path from prototype design to the manufacturing stage.
- Support external vendors and/or internal services as necessary to achieve program goals.
- Understand the product specifications, requirements, and production capability needed to meet those specifications in a low-rate production environment.
- Ability to effectively communicate DFx study findings and proposed design updates to team members.
- Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve program goals.
The Space and Strategic Navigation group is seeking a motivated, skilled estimation engineer to support the design, development, and analysis of navigation algorithms and flight software for space systems (like, this, this, this, and this) and strategic systems (like this and this). The group supports the full development arc of flight programs, including covariance analysis, high-fidelity sensor modeling, navigation filter prototyping, Monte Carlo analysis, flight software development, integration/testing, flight test support, and post-flight analysis. The candidate should have demonstrated achievements in one or more of these areas and a willingness to build expertise in the others.
A key component of this group's mission is to maintain and drive forward Draper's core capability in space and strategic navigation, a capability that stretches back to MIT's Instrumentation Lab, which pioneered the field of missile guidance systems in the 1950s and 1960s. That mission underlies our commitment to hire talented engineers, invest in their technical knowledge and leadership skills, and provide them opportunities to make high-impact contributions on programs of critical national importance.
This position is located in Cambridge, MA.
About the work
In this role, you will:
- Tackle unique, complex problems tied to specific customer needs based on mission success criteria that change from project to project
- Research, identify, and use cutting edge web technologies to develop custom solutions
- Push the limits on what a browser is capable of in terms of capabilities and performance
- Build one-of-a-kind user interfaces in React using Typescript
- Use the Nx build system to create and manage packages
- Write CSS to enhance and animate UIs focused on an excellent user experience
- Develop and work with first- and third-party APIs to pull in wide varieties of data sets
- Design data storage solutions in-browser and in external databases
- Build, customize, and optimize CI/CD pipelines that deliver better products more quickly and efficiently
- Contribute and learn alongside fellow React developers
- Work with UX/UI engineers to design delightful, intuitive user interfaces
- Have the opportunity to participate in Draper's internal research and development program
This position requires travel for customer meetings, conferences, and test events, as well as a current US security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
The Strategic Systems Program office is seeking a Software Program Manager. This program develops, tests, and delivers the world’s most accurate and reliable guidance, navigation & control (GN&C) systems to enable credible, survivable, and resilient port-to-target solutions to support the US Navy. The program manager will be responsible for the development and implementation of the program plans, schedules, and budget for the Strategic Systems Software area, as well as monitoring program performance and execution to those plans, including identifying and addressing risks and issues as needed. The Software Program Manager will report to the Associate Director of Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT).
- Developing, implementing, and executing a strategy for the Software program area within Strategic Systems focused on the design and development of the D5LE2 guidance system.
- Establishing D5LE2 program wide software development processes, policies, and procedures
- Leading the development of multiples levels of software items including boot, operating system, flight software applications, and system test applications
- Working closely with the Guidance Avionics and System Integration teams in the integration of the flight software into the flight avionics
- Interfacing directly with US Navy customer, external program stakeholders, and internal stakeholders to support program alignment and execution.
- Communicating clear program objectives and goals across program areas and help ensure alignment with overall strategy and priorities.
- Developing detailed program plan for program area with clear timelines and milestones that is integrated with overall program plan and schedule.
- Driving program monitoring and control processes by developing and using appropriate data and metrics to measure program performance and facilitating the tracking of program status within area of responsibility.
- Ensuring compliance to internal policies, Trident program requirements, and quality management best practices.
- Monitoring and managing risks and opportunities within area of responsibility.
- Fostering collaboration and teamwork among program stakeholders.
- Continuously evaluating and improving program processes and outcomes within area of responsibility.
- Supporting weekly and monthly program reviews to status execution within program area.
- Developing and building team within program area by providing coaching, mentoring, and training as needed.
The Strategic Systems Program office is seeking a Mission Avionics Program Manager. This program develops, tests, and delivers the world’s most accurate and reliable guidance, navigation & control (GN&C) systems to enable credible, survivable, and resilient port-to-target solutions to support the US Navy. This Program Manager position will be responsible for design and development of Mission Avionics Subsystems in support of the next generation guidance system for the US Navy Strategic Systems SLBM LE2 program. The program manager will be responsible for the development and implementation of program plans, schedules, and budget for the Avionics area, as well as monitoring program performance and execution to those plans, including identifying and addressing risks and issues as needed.
- The role has responsibility for development of all electronics and electronics packaging for the LE2 Guidance System – includes the flight computer, associated guidance application software, power distribution, clock and timing architecture, internal and external communication, and mechanical subassemblies.
- Communicating clear program objectives and goals across program areas and help ensure alignment with overall strategy and priorities.
- Developing detailed program plan for program area with clear timelines and milestones that is integrated with overall program plan and schedule.
- Driving program monitoring and control processes by developing and using appropriate data and metrics to measure program performance and facilitating the tracking of program status within area of responsibility.
- Ensuring compliance to internal policies, Trident program requirements, and quality management best practices.
- Monitoring and managing risks and opportunities within area of responsibility.
- Fostering collaboration and teamwork among program stakeholders.
- Continuously evaluating and improving program processes and outcomes within area of responsibility.
- Supporting weekly and monthly program reviews to status execution within program area.
- Developing and building team within program area by providing coaching, mentoring, and training as needed.
- Interfacing directly with our US Navy customer as well as internal stakeholders to support program execution.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will play a principal architectural role in designing data structures that enable performant transfer of myriad data types to provide real-time collaboration and situational awareness in a map-based application. You will use your breadth of experience in programming and the software development lifecycle to assess various technologies for their worthiness in providing solutions to meet our customer's demanding requirements.
Technologies and skillsets we're targeting:
- Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type (CRDT) structures
- database languages
- Redis
- GraphQL
- web RTC
- gRPC
- cloud-based architecture
- load balancing
- scaling services
Other secondary knowledge areas important for this role:
- API gateway
- federated gateway
- load testing
- content delivery network
- video format translation
- message queues
- containerization
- Docker
- Podman
- orchestration
- Kubernetes
- authentication
- Keycloak
- CAC
- OAuth
- web server communications
- RESTful API development
- web sockets
Draper is seeking an Associate Director of Time Charging Compliance, reporting directly the Chief Financial Officer. This role is instrumental in overseeing and optimizing Draper’s charging practices and ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures. This is a crucial role for optimizing efficiency and safeguarding against legal and regulatory risks related to charging practices as well as ensuring ethical standards and compliant business operations.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Draper leadership, compile and analyze data related to charging and provide insights to support strategic decision making
• Monitor and analyze charging practices to ensure accuracy, consistency and compliance with company policies
• Inform CFO of policy compliance gaps, or internal control issues, and recommend/assist in the implementation of proposed solutions
• Develop new and update existing internal charging policies in line with how the business evolves in alignment with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and Draper’s established Cost Accounting Standards Disclosure Statement
• Conduct regular surveillance reviews and selected audits to ensure adherence to expense policies and budgetary guidelines
• Generate regular reports for management highlighting trends, discrepancies, and areas for improvement
• Remain informed about relevant laws, company policies, and industry best practices related to charging
• Develop and deliver training to educate employees on charging compliance requirements
• Coordinate with functional operational assurance owners on identified processes
• Collaborate across Finance and with Internal Audit, Human Resources, Legal, General Ledger, and Government Compliance on updates to policies and procedures
• Offer support and guidance to resolve issues and inquiries related to charging practices
• Support financial initiatives/special projects
• Perform all other related duties as assigned
Responsibilities:
The Special Program Personnel Security (PERSEC) Analyst provides personnel security support in the form of submitting and tracking program access requests, manage program personnel databases, coordinating and scheduling program briefings and polygraphs, conducting debriefings, processing adverse reports, visit certifications, foreign travel reports, and providing PERSEC guidance to program cleared staff members, among other related duties. This position interacts with all levels of technical staff, program management and the executive staff. The successful candidate will develop a full understanding of 32 CFR Part 117, 5205.07 DoD Manuals Volumes 1-4, Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), and related Industrial Security Guidance Manuals or Special Program Security directives, in support of USG compliance inspections. The role allows for a combination of in-office and remote work. In-office work will be performed from our Cambridge, MA headquarters or Reston, VA campus supporting all Draper sites.
The PERSEC Specialist demonstrates sound decision making by utilizing a collective knowledge of government policies such as and procedures and having thorough understanding of OPSEC in their own work. The PERSEC Specialist performs with limited supervision in both a team environment as well as an independent contributor.
Essential Functions:
- Disseminates and applies DoD SAP and Intelligence Community (IC) security requirements.
- Establishes and maintains liaison with external customers and program management.
- Advises and informs special programs briefed personnel in PERSEC related matters.
- Submits, tracks, and manages special program related access requests for employees to multiple programs.
- Conduct SAP nomination process (SAPNP) and Personnel Security Questionnaire (PSQ) reviews of candidates being submitted for SAP access
- Perform data entry in the Joint Access Database (JADE) and other customer databases.
- Process program related visit certifications for Draper employees who travel.
- Maintains and audits office database (SIMS, Special Program Access Request Portal, Special Program Tracker, Visitor Management System Requests (VMS) and online PERSEC records.
- Manages Continuous Evaluation (CE) program.
- Tracks Foreign Travel and Foreign Contact Reporting for special program personnel.
- Coordinates and conducts annual security education briefings.
- Submits periodic reviews for continued access, scheduling polygraphs and program briefings.
- Assists in other security areas as needed for inspections, events, and special activities.
Responsibilities:
The Information Systems Security Manger (ISSM) will lead the Information Assurance (IA) efforts for multiple Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The ISSM performs the development, implementation, and evaluation of information systems for assigned programs in compliance with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) as outlined in either the DAAPM, Navy OD 68340. The ISSM will work under the direction of the Cybersecurity Manager. The successful candidate must be knowledgeable of information technology and security principles. This is a multi-tasking environment that demands customer service, communication, and organizational skills. Due to the nature of this work, this job requires on-site presence in Cambridge, MA. Some travel may be required.
Responsibilities:
An entry-level position that requires industrial security and customer service experience. Responsible for assisting in the day-to-day operations of the Document Control team, to include, maintaining the classified accountability system, ensuring proper markings are applied, issuing receipts, dispatching and dispositioning classified material in accordance with the standards and regulations outlined in the 32 CFR Part 117, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) and Draper Policy and Procedures Manual. Ensure data integrity within the accountability systems and provide security education and awareness training to ensure personnel are properly educated on the proper method of marking, handling, generating, storing and transmitting classified materials.
Essential Functions/Required Experience
- Assist in the day-to-day operations of Draper's document control function, provide guidance and implement changes as necessary. Ensure day-to-day accuracy of the classified accountability system by properly tracking, receipting, dispatching and dispositioning all classified material.
- Support all classified material by means of; preparing, marking, transferring ownership (internal and external), destroying, reproducing, couriering, inventorying, recording and filing all transactions. Prepare and review incoming and outgoing classified documents and media to confirm efficient processing while ensuring accuracy.
- Assist in creating, documenting and implementing Standard Operating Procedures for all Draper's Document Control responsibilities. Assist with reviewing existing processes to enable the operation to modernize and utilize technological efficiencies.
- Review audits, assist with documenting any findings and provide detailed results to Security management in a timely manner. Manage and destroy classified materials using disintegrating, degaussing equipment and maintain associate destruction records.
- Provide assistance, when needed, to the Industrial Security and Mail Services functional areas.
- Remain current on all DoD policies and procedures by successfully completing online courses and other training sessions.
A typical assignment will begin with conducting a literature survey of state-of-the-art receiver algorithms. You would identify the most promising candidates, conduct a highly-competent, mission-relevant trade study using MATLAB, and report your recommendations to our sponsors and collaborators. You would then write a design specification, work with our SW and HDL teams to realize a deliverable product, and periodically evaluate the product’s field performance, with an eye toward continuous improvement.
Other assignments will apply the same basic process to developing new waveforms and electronic attack and electronic protection systems, all geared toward the full life cycle of fielded products.
Additional responsibilities include presenting our results and recommendations in forums such as MILCOM and intra-government conferences; advising and mentoring signal processing graduate students at top universities through the Draper scholars program as we build our talent pipeline; and conceiving new ideas and concepts, and presenting them in the form of task orders, proposals, patents and white papers.
Our executives and sponsors have made a long-term commitment to this business area, and we look forward to helping you build a meaningful, high-impact career leading our team.
- The candidate will be responsible for completing various semiconductor/advanced packaging processes, according to a detailed set of process instructions.
- Strict adherence to process instructions and documentation requirements will be expected.
- With adequate training and limited supervision, the candidate will perform work of an essentially repetitive nature requiring highly specialized skills for production of deliverable hardware.
- Work will be done inside a semiconductor fabrication cleanroom and cleanroom protocols will be followed.
- The candidate will work closely with a team of engineers and skilled operators.
Would you like to make a difference while enjoying great benefits and a flexible work environment? Our team is looking for a government contracts professional to support our Electronic Systems business area. The full time, Senior Contracts Analyst provides cradle to grave contract management of a portfolio of U.S. Government prime and subcontracts with various customers. The role provides the opportunity to support proposal development and to administer contracts throughout the contract lifecycle while ensuring adherence to internal policy and compliance with regulations. The successful candidate will be a key member of the contract administration team, who is compliance oriented, experienced in the identification and mitigation of risk, adept at relationship building and highly organized. This is a hybrid position requiring in office support 2 to 3 days/week.
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Proposal support including Solicitation review, active participation in gate reviews, basis of estimate (BOE) development and authoring of proposal conditions and assumptions
- Proposal submission and negotiation including compliance with Truthful Cost or Pricing requirements
- Contract review, redlining and negotiation
- Ability to serve as primary point of contact on large research to production and/or production contracts
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external customers regarding contract matters
- Maintain contract files in accordance with internal guidelines
- Support and collaborate with internal stakeholders to proactively anticipate business needs and develop sound recommendations for compliant solutions
- Ability and willingness to mentor junior Contracts Administrators
- Support other special projects and/or represent the department on cross-functional teams, as assigned.