Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer

About the role

The Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer will support a space program in Houston, Texas (77058). The position contributes to NASA’s deep‑space missions, working on avionics development and radiation‑hardening to enable human space exploration and benefit life on Earth.

Responsibilities

• Support projects across the product life cycle, collaborate with engineering teams, interpret schematics, and recommend design improvements.
• Lead radiation testing and analysis, tailor RHA requirements, derive part performance classifications, and assess radiation‑induced failure modes.
• Evaluate electronic hardware performance and present test results, analyses, and risk assessments to engineering and program leadership.
• Address technical challenges, including those related to industrial‑ and automotive‑grade components used in space systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status (required for handling sensitive customer information).
• Experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 1 year of recent, related work experience.
• Technical knowledge of radiation effects in microelectronics and/or avionics systems, including single‑event effects, total dose mechanisms, test strategies, mitigation techniques, and circuit/system analysis.
• Familiarity with RHA processes for avionics: defining mission and environmental factors, developing requirements, performing radiation testing, and evaluating mitigation strategies.
• Ability to assess electronic parts, circuits, and systems for radiation risks, mitigation effectiveness, and reliability requirements.
• Experience leading or supporting screening and characterization test efforts for heavy ion, proton, and pulsed‑laser SEE, TID, ELDRS, TNID, DDD, etc.
• Design, troubleshoot, and repair radiation test setups, including cables, laboratory equipment, PCBs, software, firmware, and hardware description languages.

Desired qualifications

• Excellent communication and organizational skills; ability to work on multidisciplinary NASA spaceflight hardware teams.
• Hands‑on experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, and power analyzers.
• Project experience designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting embedded systems, power electronics, battery systems, and other electrical hardware.
• Familiarity with systems engineering and integration (S&EI) or specialty engineering for NASA‑type spaceflight projects.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex avionics design products (schematics, block diagrams, component specifications, parts lists, fault‑tree analyses, etc.).
• Experience extracting technical insights from stakeholder meetings to generate risk assessments and models.
• Proficiency with MBSE tools (MagicDraw, Cameo) and knowledge of .graphml file formats and network modeling.
• Understanding of Poisson, Markov, and Gaussian statistical analysis methods.

Schedule

This onsite position follows a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off; some travel may be required. Schedules are subject to change based on position or customer needs.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability, and life insurance.
• Retirement 401(k) plan.
• Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and flexible work schedules when available.
• Career advancement through professional training and development.

Additional requirements

• Pass a national agency background check; some positions may require security clearance.
• Pre‑employment drug screening and participation in periodic random drug and alcohol testing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Strong work ethic, teamwork orientation, and ability to follow company processes and procedures.
• Effective verbal and written communication with internal and external customers.
• Organized time management; ability to work outside normal schedules to meet peak periods.
• Physical requirements: primarily office work with occasional standing or sitting for extended periods; occasional lifting of up to 25 lb.