Senior Space Radiation Engineer – RHA Lead

Blue Origin; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in California seeks a dedicated Radiation Engineer to own the end-to-end radiation hardness assurance for the TeraWave program. You will define mission-specific environments, margins, and requirements for spacecraft, payloads, and avionics, guiding mitigation strategies and test plans.

Collaborate with EEE Parts, electrical, RF, optical, and avionics teams to evaluate parts, establish confidence, and support flight-readiness decisions for LEO/MEO missions.

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical engineering, nuclear engineering, physics, aerospace engineering, materials science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in spacecraft radiation effects, RHA, radiation test, or related area.
• Knowledge of TID and SEE mechanisms, radiation environments, shielding, and mitigation.
• Ability to translate requirements and margins across engineering disciplines.
• Experience coordinating with external radiation test facilities and part suppliers.
• U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or eligible to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute the TeraWave RHA plan for spacecraft, payloads, avionics, EPS, and sensors.
• Define external/internal radiation environments over mission life and establish margins.
• Translate mission needs into radiation requirements for components and subsystems.
• Maintain radiation design margin policy and rationale for confidence and risk.
• Perform shielding, dose-depth, ray-trace analyses; coordinate with mechanical teams.
• Evaluate EEE parts and optoelectronics for radiation impacts and failure thresholds.
• Calculate mission SEE rates and map to system-level effects.
• Collaborate with EEE Parts Engineering on BOMs and testing controls.
• Partner with electrical/RF/optical/hardware teams on mitigation strategies.
• Support solar-array degradation predictions and power assurance for missions.

Skills

Radiation effects

TID/SEE modeling

Radiation test data interpretation

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Engineering margin analysis

Education

B.S. in electrical/nuclear/aerospace engineering

M.S./Ph.D. in related field (preferred)

Tools

EEE parts engineering liaison

Radiation environment modeling tools

JEDEC/ASTM/NASA standards familiarity

Job description

Blue Origin in California seeks a dedicated Radiation Engineer to own the end-to-end radiation hardness assurance for the TeraWave program. You will define mission-specific environments, margins, and requirements for spacecraft, payloads, and avionics, guiding mitigation strategies and test plans.

Collaborate with EEE Parts, electrical, RF, optical, and avionics teams to evaluate parts, establish confidence, and support flight-readiness decisions for LEO/MEO missions.