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Project Tech (Destructive Physical Analysis/Metrology )

Draper

Cambridge, MAFull-time$53.92/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$53.92/hr
Location
Cambridge, MA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

Draper seeks a Project Tech to perform destructive physical analysis and metrology on critical components. The role involves dismantling or stressing parts, preparing samples, measuring features, and providing engineers with data and visuals for design and reliability improvements. Work takes place in a cleanroom with delicate parts, safety protocols, microscopes, measurement tools, and specialized equipment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Destructive Physical AnalysisMetrologyMicroscopyMeasurement ToolsLaboratory TechniquesMicrosoft ApplicationsVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationSpecialized Production SkillsAttention to DetailScientific ExperimentationAcceptance TestingAutomated Equipment Programming

Qualifications

Associate's in Engineering or ScienceBachelor's DegreeHigh School Diploma Plus Two Years Technical Schooling or Military Technical School10+ Years Relevant Experience15+ Years Relevant ExperienceGovernment Security Clearance

Full job description

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:

Are you the kind of Technician who enjoys seeing beneath the surface, literally? We're looking for a skilled Project Tech who thrives on taking components apart, examining them under microscopes to uncover the success/failures inside.

In this role you will:

Perform destructive physical analysis on critical components to uncover how they're built and why they succeed or fail by carefully dismantling or stressing components, then preparing samples for inspection

Apply advanced metrology techniques to measure features and document every detail

Work with engineers to deliver insights that shape designs, improve reliability, and ensure mission critical performance. Your failure analysis provides them with the necessary data and visuals that help guide improvements

This role is in a cleanroom environment handling delicate parts, following strict safety protocols, and using a variety of specialized equipment

If you're an expert with microscopes, measurement tools, and lab techniques, and you enjoy the challenge of uncovering the hidden story behind every part, this is the place where your skills will directly impact innovation.

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 preferred.

In 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.

Connect With Draper for Future Opportunities! If you don't find the right posting in our Career Opportunities, you may submit your resume for future consideration.

Job Location - City:

Cambridge

Job Location - State:

Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:

02139-3563

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

$53.92 - $53.92

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

Draper is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We understand the value of inclusivity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 1,985 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$53.92/hr
  • Massachusetts median$23–29/hr44 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–26/hr960 hourly ranges

This rate, $53.92/hr, is 114% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the top quarter of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 63 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Massachusetts and 1,985 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 848 postings).
Education
279 of the 1,985 open Laboratory Technician jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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