Radiation Hardness Lead for Space Compute Payloads

Blue Origin; Hutto (TX); On-site; USD 144,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Radiation Effects Engineer to lead the Radiation Hardness Assurance for its advanced compute payloads. The role focuses on characterizing the space radiation environment, defining mitigation strategies, and planning test campaigns at accelerator facilities.

You will collaborate across hardware, software, and EEE parts engineering teams to ensure robust failure tolerance and flight-readiness for high-performance space hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of professional experience as a Radiation Effects Engineer for space applications.
• Deep understanding of radiation effects: TID, SEE, and displacement damage, especially in advanced CMOS nodes.
• Hands-on experience qualifying COTS components for radiation tolerance.
• Experience with industry-standard radiation environment modeling tools.
• U.S. citizen/national or allowed immigrant status.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute the Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Plan for the compute payload.
• Characterize the orbital radiation environment and translate models into test requirements.
• Define and own end-to-end radiation mitigation strategy with design margins.
• Translate device-level SEEs into system-level impacts and bound their effects.
• Plan and execute radiation effects test campaigns at accelerator facilities.
• Maintain radiation risk register and support design reviews and flight-readiness decisions.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and EEE parts engineering teams to integrate mitigation strategies.

Skills

Radiation effects

TID/SEE

COTS qualification

Radiation modeling tools

Education

B.S. in Physics

B.S. in Electrical/Nuclear Engineering

Tools

CREME96

SPENVIS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Radiation Effects Engineer to lead the Radiation Hardness Assurance for its advanced compute payloads. The role focuses on characterizing the space radiation environment, defining mitigation strategies, and planning test campaigns at accelerator facilities.

You will collaborate across hardware, software, and EEE parts engineering teams to ensure robust failure tolerance and flight-readiness for high-performance space hardware.