Radiation Effects Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 120000 - 150000
Yearly Salary:
Posted on:
5 days ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
As a Radiation Effects Engineer your core responsibility will be to contribute to the component
selection design testing and delivery of flight hardware systems for space missions from low Earth orbit to mars. Youll work closely with electrical engineers RF engineers EMC engineers mechanical engineers and test engineers to maximize reliability perform analysis and testing and ensure reliable hardware performance across Impulses spacecraft.
Responsibilities
- Lead total ionizing dose (TID) and single event effects (SEE) component characterization and qualification efforts through testing and test data analysis
- Support radiation testing at off-site locations by developing test procedures and optimizing for test time
- Maintain databases of radiation test data across components and interface with supply chain and design engineers to utilize and procure components
- Create design standards for electrical engineers to maximize radiation reliability on-orbit
- Review circuit board designs and BOMs to ensure compliance with design standards
- Interface with program managers and engineering leadership to ensure radiation-related risks are accurately represented
- Perform or contribute to ray-tracing shielding analysis of avionics enclosures
- Occasional domestic travel to support radiation test campaigns
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering physics or related technical field
- 2 years experience in the radiation effects field
- Strong component selection experience for digital analog power and RF systems
- Experience supporting radiation testing campaigns for proton and/or heavy ion
- Experience analyzing radiation test data to establish effects at the circuit- board- and vehicle-level
- Experience integrating industrial and/or automotive-grade parts in radiation environments
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with single event effects (SEE) risk calculations
- Ability to write scripts to control test hardware
- Proficiency with avionics hardware spanning flight computers radios and motor controllers
- Familiarity with Altium
- Understanding of semiconductor manufacturing processes
- Orbital dynamics space experience
- Strong statistical analysis skills
- Experience in electromagnetic effects surface charging analysis or characterizing system desense and coexistence
- Familiarity with industry standards such as EEE-INST-002 NASA 8739.11 NASA-HDBK-4002
NASA-STD-4005 or similar - Experience with orbital and radiation simulation tools such as OMERE FASTRAD or similar.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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