Principal Radiation Effects Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead cradle-to-grave radiation test campaigns (SEE, TID, DDD and materials) through coordinating test facilities/dates, designing electrical test setups, writing test procedures, executing tests, and documenting results
• Design, fabricate, and assemble production quality test racks, basic PCBAs, and cable harnesses
• Troubleshoot, repair, and modify electronic components, assemblies, parts, and systems
• Perform tests and checkouts using standard lab equipment such as programmable power supplies, ohmmeters, oscilloscopes, DMM, SMU, logic analyzers and DAQs
• Develop basic test automation, data collection and analysis scripts in Python
• Own the scheduling and prioritization of component, board and subsystem radiation testing to support the hardware and vehicle lifecycle
• Flash firmware and perform software load verifications under the direction of engineering team members
• Build fixtures and tooling using an array of hand, power, and pneumatic mechanical tools

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering field or 3+ years of professional experience assembling, integrating, and testing electrical components, assemblies and/or hardware in the aerospace industry
• 10+ years of experience in the radiation effects testing (TID, SEE, proton, heavy ion, gamma, neutron, etc.)
• Ability to set up and run common electrical measurements (voltage, current, timing, digital I/O)
• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, SMUs, function generators, or logic analyzers
• Experience creating tools to generate and analyze radiation environments
• Experience managing radiation risk and program requirement track

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with designing circuits and setups around common components such as transistors, regulators, digital/analog components and RF devices
• Familiarity of radiation effects on semiconductor devices, including how to mitigate common failure modes
• Demonstrated ability in soldering and crimping as well as assembling cable harnesses and connectors
• Demonstrated ability to document work clearly and follow structured test processes
• Familiarity with FPGA or microcontroller-based test systems
• Experience designing, building, and testing electrical assemblies, fixtures and test racks
• Experience designing PCBs using common EDA tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad, OrCAD)
• Ability to create, read, review, and redline electrical and test rack schematics
• Experience developing modular, reusable test automation software and drivers in Linux, C++, Rust, Python, Visual Studio, etc.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate hardware, systems, and scheduling problems and solutions

Additional Requirements

• Must be available to travel up to 25% of the year to support radiation tests
• Valid Driver's license