Radiation Effects Engineer IV

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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.

• Contribute strongly to validation of space program designs with respect to radiation control plans, requirements, implementation, and verification; provide design engineering support for avionics and electrical systems
• Lead program design personnel through simulation and verification of digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuit performance with considerations for radiation effects; recommend radiation 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
• Contribute to group-wide, program-wide, and company-wide knowledgebase for radiation effects on avionics and materials

• B.S. (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in design, analysis, and/or testing for radiation effects on electronics and materials
• Noteworthy experience in the following:
  • performing or overseeing electrical circuit analysis and implementation of radiation effects mitigations
  • standard radiation environment modeling tools (ex: IRENE, OMERE, SIRE2, SPENVIS, OLTARIS, CREME
    96, 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)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal oversight regarding radiation effects on electronics
• Domestic travel required. Foreign travel possible.

• Experience in the following:
  • the use of commercial or automotive parts in a radiation environment
  • producing detailed program-deliverable documentation (control plans, test plans/reports, design reviews, system-level analyses, etc.)
  • leading technical projects from inception to completion
  • radiation transport and other analysis tools (ex: MCNP, NOVICE, FASTRAD, GEANT4, OLTARIS)
• Familiarity with the following:
  • radiation assessments and mitigation for human space crews
  • radiation effects on spacecraft materials
  • laboratory equipment for radiation effects test (power supplies, data acquisition systems, electronic loads, SMUs, etc.)
  • rad-tolerant and rad-hard offerings of space electronics providers
• Proficiency with the following programming languages, platforms, and protocols:
  Python, C, Gitlab, SQL, I2C,…