The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory is an independent nonprofit engineering research and development organization with over 2,000 employees. Operating for more than 90 years, it applies multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists to solve problems in space exploration, biomedical engineering, national security, and human health.
The laboratory's technical expertise spans guidance and navigation systems, control systems, biotechnology, cyber-physical systems, and autonomous solutions. Its historical contributions include the Apollo Guidance Computer that enabled lunar landings. More recently, Draper has developed organ-on-a-chip technologies aimed at advancing healthcare.
The organization operates across multiple sectors where technical precision is critical. Work typically involves collaboration across engineering disciplines and scientific domains, with an emphasis on delivering solutions where reliability is paramount.
