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Overview

Draper is a nonprofit research laboratory specialising in guidance, navigation and control. Its engineers developed flight computers for early crewed lunar missions and continue defence and space work. The organisation also researches microelectronics and biomedical systems.

News

News Celebrity Net Worth 3 days ago
Jessi Draper Net Worth
What Is Jessi Draper's Net Worth? Jessi Draper is an American hairstylist, entrepreneur, social media personality, and reality television star who has a net worth of $5 million.
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Blog 22 days ago
Draper Scholars Program Grows to More Than 150 Graduate Students with Its Next Class
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Draper announced its next class of Draper Scholars for the academic year beginning this fall. The group of 42 new master's…...
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Blog 2 months ago
Edward Brennan Joins Draper's Strategy Leadership Team
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- Draper today announced the addition of Edward Brennan to its strategy team. As Principal Director of Strategic…...
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Blog 3 months ago
Draper Hosts Vice Admiral Wolfe, Director of the U.S. Navy's PAE Strategic Systems Programs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Draper recently hosted U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe Jr., director of Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE)…...
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MATLAB
C++
Python
UVM
ROS
ROS2
AWS
Azure
GCP
Security
Bash
Perl
PowerShell
JavaScript
Nessus
ISO 27001
NIST 800-53
Ghidra
Threat Modeling
AI/ML
MATLAB
C++
Python
Simulink
CI/CD
RTOS
GitLab
Docker
Kubernetes
Splunk
VMWare
AWS
Azure
GCP
Ansible
GitLab CI
Podman
Terraform
IAM
HPC
Red Teaming
Hardware
Rust
Verilog
VHDL
SystemVerilog
C
JTAG Debuggers
HyperLynx
UVM
FreeRTOS
GNU Make
Ansys SIwave
Mentor Xpedition
Cadence Xcelium
Siemens QuestaSim
Cadence Virtuoso
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
ROS2
Inertial Navigation
Sensor Fusion
Digital Twin
Other
Java
Visual Basic
RTEMS
Rest API
Linear
Stack modernity Modern
66/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
MATLAB 35 jobs Required
$220k +22% vs market
C++ 31 job Required
$220k +10% vs market
Python 29 jobs Required
$220k +22% vs market
Simulink 28 jobs Required
$220k +19% vs market
JTAG Debuggers 9 jobs Required
$245k +11% vs market
Rust 9 jobs Required
$245k +7% vs market
Verilog 6 jobs Required
$220k +11% vs market
CI/CD 5 jobs Required
$245k +53% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
19%
CI/CD
15%
JavaScript
13%
C++
13%
AWS
12%
Docker
12%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
HPC Aug 2026
GitLab Aug 2026
Red Teaming Aug 2026
IAM Aug 2026
Digital Twin Aug 2026
C Aug 2026
GNU Make Aug 2026
Visual Basic Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$220k
Typical range
$140k – $320k
Open positions
91
89 Jobs
Middle 23.6%
Senior 44.9%
Staff 4.5%
Principal 23.6%
Architect 3.4%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 21 $156k $140k – $275k
Senior 40 $220k $206k – $275k
Staff 4 $245k $245k
Principal 21 $245k $220k – $275k
Architect 3 $320k $150k – $320k
Highest paying role Director, Cyber Monitoring $320k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
91
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
08/30/2026
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
49%
Backend
18%
QA
16%
DevOps
7%
Executive
5%
Analytics
4%
Actively hiring for Hardware (+20 in 30 days)

Jobs

Senior Navigation & Tracking Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 1 day ago
$82k – $206k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Senior Navigation Algorithm Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 1 day ago
$75k – $245k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Space and Strategic Navigation Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 1 day ago
$75k – $245k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Principal Guidance & Control Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 1 day ago
$95k – $245k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge • Huntsville • Reston
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Senior Guidance & Control Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 1 day ago
$82k – $220k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge • Huntsville • Reston
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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$75k – $156k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Houston • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Director, Classified IT & Information Assurance

Verified live · 2 days ago 4 days ago
$150k – $320k per year • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
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Principal Requirements and Test Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 6 days ago
$82k – $245k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
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Principal Integration and Test Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 7 days ago
$95k – $245k per year • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
MATLAB
Python
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Senior Software Verification & Validation Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 8 days ago
$75k – $245k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Rust
Simulink
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
JTAG Debuggers
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Manager, Classified IT/Applications

Verified live · 2 days ago 8 days ago
$118k – $308k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
Splunk
VMWare
IAM
Cybersecurity
Nessus
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Software Autonomy Engineer

Verified live · 2 days ago 12 days ago
$75k – $156k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Cambridge
C++
MATLAB
Python
Simulink
Robotics
Motion Planning
ROS
ROS2
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