Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.

Cedar Park (TX)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 150,000

Full time

28 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees

3-month sabbatical for every 5 years

Medical, dental, vision, life, and.dis

Mental health services

Paid military leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Spacecraft Electrical Engineer specializing in Radiation Effects. You will define the radiation environment for missions, support hardware design with parts selection and derating, and organize test campaigns to qualify parts for spaceflight.

The role requires 3+ years in radiation effects testing and familiarity with PCBs, along with experience using Altium, Jira/Confluence, and radiation analysis tools. Join a fast-paced team in Texas.

Qualifications

BS degree in STEM required; additional experience considered.
3 yrs minimum experience with design, analysis, or testing of radiation effects on electronics/materials.
Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing.

Responsibilities

Define radiation environment for missions.
Work with hardware design for parts selection/derating.
Organize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TID.
Calculate mission probability of success from test results.
Collaborate with stakeholders to manage programmatic risk.

Skills

Statistics

Probability

Schematics reading

Radiation effects

Education

BS degree in STEM

Tools

Altium Designer

Jira/Confluence

FASTRAD

SPENVIS

Job description

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands-on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

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Our Values

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.

Passion

Fireflies believe in perseverance, responsiveness, and mentoring others with a focus on inspiring a better future.

Accountability

Fireflies act with integrity and take ownership of our actions, commitments, decisions, and outcomes.

Fireflies work in alignment across teams and communicate clearly with mutual respect for one another.

Fireflies deliver high-quality work through technical rigor and timely disciplined execution for our customers.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

Space for You

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
3-month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Mental health services
Paid military leave

Space for Your Family

12 weeks paid maternity leave
4 weeks paid spouse leave
$20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
Dog friendly workplace

Space for Your Career

$10k/year towards trade school or college
Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills
Employee-ownership with stock bonuses
4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
$10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

Job Openings

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

A Firefly Radiation Engineer is responsible for characterizing, simulating, and mitigating the radiation environmental effects observed by our spacecraft. This person will be involved in all phases of spacecraft and hardware development. A qualified candidate will be capable of both defining the environment as well as running multi-disciplinary test campaigns to qualify COTS parts for spaceflight.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Define radiation environment for missions
Work alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/derating
Organize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TID
Calculate mission probability of success based on test results
Work with stakeholders to manage programmatic risk

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

BS degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), in lieu of a degree an additional 4 years of direct experience can be considered.
3 yrs minimum experience with design, analysis, and/or testing of radiation effects on electronics and materials
Knowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculations
Familiarity with discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memory, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)
Experience with industry-standard radiation effects analyses and testing (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD, etc.)
Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing purposes
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodology
Experience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS, etc.

Primary Level Salary Range:

SUMMARY

RESPONSIBILITIES

Define radiation environment for missions
Work alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/derating
Organize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TID
Calculate mission probability of success based on test results
Work with stakeholders to manage programmatic risk

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

BS degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), in lieu of a degree an additional 4 years of direct experience can be considered.
3 yrs minimum experience with design, analysis, and/or testing of radiation effects on electronics and materials
Knowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculations
Familiarity with discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memory, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)
Experience with industry-standard radiation effects analyses and testing (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD, etc.)
Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing purposes
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodology
Experience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS, etc.

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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