Senior Nuclear Effects Engineer - Environmental Effects Engineering (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-11-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Mission Systems Environmental Effects Engineering team at Collins Aerospace is looking for a Senior Nuclear Effects Engineer to join our staff. This position will be responsible to support the multidisciplinary environment across different strategic business units within the company with their nuclear radiation hardness requirements capture, design and test. This position is part of a larger team that performs a variety of TEMPEST, Nuclear, Electromagnetic Compatibility/Interference (EMC/EMI) and Power Input qualification testing of Company products and programs to various military and commercial industry standards.

The Environmental Effects Engineering (EEE) lab is a world-class, full-service, 18,000 sqft (and growing) Environmental Qualification Test Lab located in Cedar Rapids, IA capable of creating nearly any environment required in the avionics industry.  While EEE reports up through Mission Systems, they support all testing for Collins Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies as needed. EEE services not only include a full suite of Climatics, Dynamic, EMI, EMC, Lightning, and TEMPEST test capabilities; their industry experts also offer design support, analysis, test failure troubleshooting, root cause analyses, and much more.

What YOU Will Do:

• Serve assigned projects as a focal point for nuclear effect related activities including:

  • Contribute to program pursuits and bid estimates

  • Requirements capture activities (review, parse, and translate nuclear requirements)

  • Documentation support for each assigned project including

    • Preparation and review of nuclear test plans

    • Contribute to the development of the Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews

    • Conduct testing in the environments of Total Ionizing Dose, Neutron Displacement Damage, Ionizing Dose Rate, and Neutron Single Event Effects

    • Conduct statistical analysis of data received

    • Develop and review test reports

  • Provide support to program during Design phase, including advising on risk mitigation strategies

  • Oversee implementation of hardness assurance throughout the life cycle of the product

  • Conduct nuclear hardening analysis of components to identify risk and testing needs

  • Conduct/lead testing activities working independently on multiple projects and multiple tasks

• Nuclear Environments include:

  • Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE)

    • Total Ionizing Dose

    • Dose Rate

    • Neutron Displacement Damage

  • Single Event Effects (SEE)

    • Atmospheric Neutron

    • Heavy Ion

    • Proton

  • Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

What YOU Will Learn:

• Learn, discover and expand your knowledge about Nuclear Environments including Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE), Single Event Effects (SEE) and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP)

• Learn to thrive and be supported in a dynamic team-driven environment

• Learn to become a champion within our CORE Operating Systems

Qualifications You Must Have:

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience

• Experience with nuclear radiation effects

• Experience of electrical circuits design

Qualifications We Prefer:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Physics

• Be capable of hands-on troubleshooting using engineering lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc…

• Ability to read/understand electronic schematics

• Experience with HCI and HCP marking and controls

• Experience with component level nuclear analysis

• Experienced testing per MIL-STD-883 at a component to box level in nuclear radiation environments

• Ability to statistically reduce