Senior Radiation Effects Engineer

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design.

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts in the Systems and Avionics Center of Excellence, you will provide experienced technical leadership to Blue Origin program personnel and the established Radiation Effects team. From mission inception to operation, you will ensure success of Blue Origin’s systems. You will actively engage program leadership and engineers to drive intelligent system design, part selection, subcontracts, and analyses.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Own program radiation control plans, requirements, implementation, and verification.
• Provide design engineering support for avionics and electrical systems.
• Simulate and verify circuit performance in radiation environments; recommend mitigation techniques where required to meet performance requirements.
• Analyze impacts of space radiation on avionics and materials (SEE rates, testing requirements, and failure analysis).
• Incorporate radiation effects test data and analysis results into avionics designs.
• Generate thorough part-level, circuit-level, and system-level radiation effects analysis documentation.

Qualifications:

• B.S. (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Science, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in design, analysis, and/or testing for radiation effects on electronics and materials
• Significant experience in the following:
  • electrical circuit analysis and implementation of radiation effects mitigations at part, circuit, and system levels
  • standard radiation environment modeling tools (ex: IRENE, OMERE, SIRE2, SPENVIS, OLTARIS, CREME96, SAPPHIRE, ESP/PSYCHIC)
  • application of fundamental statistical methods
  • presenting radiation requirements, results, and plans to peers and customers to meet program/customer needs
     
• Strong familiarity with the following:
  • the effects of ionizing/non-ionizing radiation on electronics
  • basic and complex discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memories, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)
  • industry-standard radiation effects analyses (environment definition, SEECA, TID analysis, DDD analysis, etc.)
  • radiation effects testing (SEE, TID, DDD) and standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal oversight regarding all aspects of radiation effects on electronics
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
• Domestic travel required. Foreign travel possible.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience in the following:
  • the use of commercial or automotive parts in a radiation environment
  • producing detailed program-deliverable documentation
  • leading technical projects from inception to completion
  • radiation transport tools (ex: MCNP, NOVICE, FASTRAD, GEANT4)
• Familiarity with laboratory equipment for radiation effects test (power supplies, data acquisition systems, electronic loads, SMUs, etc.)
• Proficiency with common programming languages, tools, platforms, protocols. (ex: Python, C, Gitlab, SQL, I2C, SPI)
• Basic electronics lab skills include soldering; use of oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $129,611.00-$181,454.70;WA applicants is $140,959.00-$197,342.25

Other site ranges may differ