Company Profile
Draper
Company Overview
As a not-for-profit engineering innovation company, Draper focuses on the design, development and deployment of advanced technological solutions for the world’s most challenging and important problems. We provide engineering services directly to government, industry and academia; work on teams as prime contractor or subcontractor; and participate as a collaborator in consortia. We provide unbiased assessments of technology or systems designed or recommended by other organizations—custom designed, as well as commercial off-the-shelf.
Draper is a recognized world leader in both Positioning, Navigation & Timing and Microsystems, with additional core engineering capabilities in Precision Instrumentation, Fault-tolerant Systems, Secure & Assured Systems, Autonomous Systems, Image & Data Analytics, Human-centered Solutions, Materials Engineering & Microfabrication, and Biomedical Solutions. With a strong commitment to deliver working solutions, Draper’s engineers and scientists apply their expertise to a variety of domains from space to undersea—and many areas in between.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity 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, gender identity, 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 hr@draper.com.
Company History
Draper’s mission statement quotes from the company’s articles of incorporation/charter as an educational not-for-profit corporation. On July 1, 1973, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., became independent of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where it had begun as a teaching laboratory in the 1930s under Prof. Draper. Known as the father of inertial navigation, Doc Draper led his laboratory in applying inertial navigation to systems from undersea to space. The company named after him continues to be dedicated to providing solutions in national security and space, while broadening the industries in which its engineers and scientists work, including commercial work in biomedical solutions, automotive and energy. Revenues at the end of Draper fiscal year 2019 totaled $625.7M.
Draper carries forward its educational mission to prepare the next generation of engineering leaders. Since 1973, the Draper Fellow Program has supported more than 1,000 graduate students, civilian and military, pursuing advanced degrees in engineering and the sciences.