Senior Radiation Effects Engineer for Space Compute Payload

Blue Origin; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 144,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Radiation Effects Engineer to lead the RHA lifecycle for the spacecraft compute payload, from environment characterization to test campaigns at accelerator facilities. You will drive mitigation strategies, part selection, shielding, and fault-tolerance schemes to ensure reliable operation in the harsh space radiation environment.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and EEE parts teams, translate SEE impacts to system-level effects, and maintain the risk and

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, displacement damage) in advanced CMOS nodes.
• Experience qualifying COTS components for radiation tolerance.
• Experience using industry-standard radiation environment modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute the Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Plan for the compute payload.
• Characterize the orbital radiation environment using modeling tools and translate models into test requirements.
• Define end-to-end radiation mitigation strategies, including design margins and shielding considerations.
• Translate device-level SEE into system-level impacts and collaborate with systems engineers to bound effects.
• Plan, schedule, and execute radiation effects test campaigns at accelerator facilities.
• Maintain radiation risk registers and test status to inform design reviews and flight-readiness.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and EEE parts engineering to integrate mitigation strategies into the system design.

Skills

Radiation effects

Space hardware

Problem solving

Education

BSc in Physics or Engineering

Tools

CREME96

SPENVIS

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Radiation Effects Engineer to lead the RHA lifecycle for the spacecraft compute payload, from environment characterization to test campaigns at accelerator facilities. You will drive mitigation strategies, part selection, shielding, and fault-tolerance schemes to ensure reliable operation in the harsh space radiation environment.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and EEE parts teams, translate SEE impacts to system-level effects, and maintain the risk and