Radiation Assurance Engineer - Spacecraft & Payloads

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 15%

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a dedicated Radiation Engineer to own end-to-end radiation hardness assurance for the TeraWave program, defining environments, margins, and requirements across spacecraft and subsystems.

You will evaluate electronics for SEE/TID, coordinate with suppliers and hardware teams, and drive mitigation strategies while supporting flight-readiness decisions and risk management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in spacecraft radiation effects, RHA, or related field.
• Knowledge of TID and SEE mechanisms, modeling, shielding, and mitigation.
• Ability to interpret radiation test data for parts, lots and conditions.
• Ability to communicate radiation requirements, margins, and risk across teams.
• Ability to work with external radiation-test facilities and suppliers.
• Citizen or eligible for U.S. employment (permanent resident or national).

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the TeraWave RHA plan for LEO/MEO spacecraft and subsystems.
• Define external/internal radiation environments across mission lifetime.
• Translate mission needs into radiation requirements and margins.
• Maintain radiation design margin policy with documented rationale.
• Perform shielding and dose-depth analyses; collaborate with design teams.
• Evaluate EEE parts and optoelectronics for SEE, TID, and threshold testing.
• Calculate mission SEE rates and translate into system effects.
• Coordinate with parts engineering on BOMs and vendor data.
• Support radiation mitigation with design changes and constraints.
• Maintain radiation risk register and support design reviews.

Skills

Radiation effects

RHA planning

SEE/TID modeling

Part evaluation

Cross-functional collaboration

External radiation test facilities

Education

B.S. in electrical engineering or related field

MS/PhD preferred

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a dedicated Radiation Engineer to own end-to-end radiation hardness assurance for the TeraWave program, defining environments, margins, and requirements across spacecraft and subsystems.

You will evaluate electronics for SEE/TID, coordinate with suppliers and hardware teams, and drive mitigation strategies while supporting flight-readiness decisions and risk management.