Quality Assurance Engineer

Phase2 Technology; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401k Safe Harbor Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition Assistance

Wellness Plans

Job summary

A technology solutions firm is seeking a self-starter Radiation Effects Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. The engineer will provide radiation effects analysis, quality assurance support, and report on activities related to missile defense systems. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's in Engineering and at least one year of relevant experience. Salary ranges from $72,000 to $97,000 annually depending on qualifications, with included benefits such as paid time off and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience in an engineering field, preferably related to radiation effects.
• Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and quality assurance support within BMDS.
• Analyze radiation environments and system design.
• Provide weekly status reports on activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Engineering analysis

Knowledge of radiation environments

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

a.i. solutions is seeking a self-starter, energetic engineer willing to learn and develop into an experienced Radiation Effects Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance (QS) Directorate providing Quality and Mission Assurance support. This position is also part of a new initiative to establish an Electronics Radiation Effects Testing team supporting internal and external laboratories and program test events. This development should result in improved Nuclear Radiation and Survivability support as part of the mission at MDA/QS. This is the first position growing this capability, therefore immediate impacts to the radiation effects test team and onsite lab are expected to increase capability to perform radiation environments engineering, test, and analysis across the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems.

Essential Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide engineering, radiation effects, quality and mission assurance support within the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS); specifically, within the QSR Program Office.
• Provide a basic understanding and analysis of radiation environments; including the natural orbital trapped particle environments, the natural Interplanetary environment, transient environments (solar events, coronal mass ejection, space weather, etc.), support models for energetic particle environments, and transport of radiation environments including, geomagnetic shielding, and analysis of spacecraft shielding (e.g., FastRAD, Space Radiation).
• Perform System design support for Single Event Effects (SEE) and Mission Integrated Dose (Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Displacement Damage Dose (DDD); including development and flow-down of design requirements, analysis of single event effects on system performance, including ad-hoc functional analysis and assessment of system availability.
• Provide weekly status reports on activities and issues of concern.
• Travel periodically, approximately once every quarter, especially to external test facilities
• Position is located at MDA on Redstone Arsenal at MDA facility, with expectation to work onsite in both office setting and in laboratory setting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Professional engineering from a school of engineering Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, Inc. in engineering (ABET) accredited as professional engineering curriculum
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in an engineering field.
• Experience in communicating and reporting shall include review findings for compliance with and changes to the system test documents.
• Security Clearance requirements: Secret OR the ability to obtain prior to start

BENEFITS THAT MAKE AN IMPACT

• Salary ranges from $72,000 to $97,000/year depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
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• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Safe Harbor Plan, we contribute on Day #1
• Paid Parental leave for Mom & Dad
• Company Paid Life/AD&D
• Tuition Assistance
• Wellness plans that reward wellbeing & work life harmony

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