Survivability - Systems Engineer

Position Type:
Survivability – Systems Engineer

Location: El Segundo, CA

Hourly rate: $103.57

Contractor benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k

Job Description:

Work statement is a non-managerial role, non-leadership role. We are seeking an Experienced Space Survivability/Radiation Effects Engineer to support natural and man-made radiation environment-related tasks through all satellite program phases. The successful candidate will interface with all technical disciplines in a team environment to trade factors such as survivability, cost, weight, and technical risk in arriving at the final design.

• Provide subject matter expertise in the technical area of nuclear radiation hardness on a large portfolio of space programs.
• Interface with program office representatives and system engineers representing other disciplines to ensure that radiation-related concerns are adequately addressed.
• Ensure that unit and system level designs appropriately consider radiation-related effects such as total dose, displacement damage, ELDRS, single event effects, internal charging, IEMP, SGEMP, and TREE.
• Perform and document unit and vehicle level analyses.
• Plan and conduct testing at the piece part, unit, and vehicle levels to support design and verify compliance with radiation-related requirements.
• Interface with personnel at various radiation test facilities across the country to advocate for required test time.

• Ten years of experience in space environments/radiation effects.
• Experience in dose rate testing, total ionizing dose testing, displacement damage testing, and SEE testing of electronics.
• Experience in prompt dose analysis of electronic units.
• Experience working on government contracts with nuclear effects environment requirements.

• Experience with various pieces of test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers.

Must be U.S. Person for purposes of Export Compliance.

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