The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit engineering innovation company with over 90 years of operational history. It employs more than 2,000 people to provide multidisciplinary engineering and scientific solutions addressing national challenges.
The laboratory's work spans guidance, navigation, control systems, autonomous solutions, space exploration, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering. Its projects serve industry verticals including national security, space systems, strategic defense, and human health. Historically, the organization developed the Apollo Guidance Computer, which enabled lunar landings during the Apollo missions. More recent work includes organ-on-a-chip technologies aimed at transforming healthcare.
The company operates with multidisciplinary teams that collaborate across technical domains, fostering a culture described as thriving on the cross-fertilization of ideas. Work is organized around mission-driven purpose, with projects focused on applications in defense, space systems, and human health.
