Engineering

We create hardware systems that incorporate the Laboratory's advanced technology. The systems we build are used as platforms for testing new concepts, as prototypes for demonstrating new capabilities, and as operational systems for addressing military needs.

Control and Autonomous Systems Engineering
Fabrication Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Optical Engineering
Rapid Prototyping
Structural and Thermal-Fluids Engineering
Systems Engineering

We collaborate with every research area at the Laboratory to create systems that accomplish their objectives in real-world scenarios and in unpredictable surroundings. Our engineers develop complex control and autonomous systems, from concept to realization, for a variety of prototypes.

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An 3D illustration with a blue orb and a model of a human head "staring" at eachother. Crisscrosing and surrounding them is a messy orange line, conveying confusion and frustration.

AI is smart, but does it play well with others?

Sep 14

A small satelitte photographed against a white background. About , about 10 cm X 10 cm X 36 cm in size, it consists of a small solar panel array, connected to the satellite bus standing upright, topped with a golden cube.

Pathfinder satellite paves way for constellation of tropical-storm observers

Jun 30

Six small satllite buses (about size of loaf of bread) are photographed against a white background.

In the Media

Tiny satellites could help warn of the next big hurricane

Jun 27

Wired

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space situational awareness

Haystack Ultrawideband Satellite Imaging Radar

Lincoln Laboratory created the world's highest-resolution radar for imaging of space objects in support of space situational awareness.

TESS's cameras, which will monitor planets passing in front of stars, were designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory engineers. Illustration: Chester Beals

space

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

A new planet hunter will spend the next two years searching for exoplanets, including those that could support life.

A Gulfstream III aircraft is shown with a PACECR communications pod attached.

networking

Prototype Airborne Contested Environment Communication Relay (PACECR)

A system enables aircraft to replace a satellite communications network.

lasers

ILLUMA-T

The ILLUMA-T will enable optical communications on the International Space Station.

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I have long been inspired by space exploration, and I knew from a young age that I wanted to help make these missions possible.

Ariel Sandberg

Mechanical Engineer

Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

A photo of Ariel Sandberg in the walkway by the Laboratory lobby.

The Laboratory encourages innovation; provides ample amounts of technical resources; and gives an opportunity to learn, solve problems, get involved, and be a part of the solution.