Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects

Firefly Aerospace; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Radiation Engineer to define radiation environments for missions and work with hardware designers on parts selection and derating. You will organize Proton, Heavy Ion, and TID test campaigns and assess mission success probabilities from results, collaborating with stakeholders to manage programmatic risk.

Required 3+ years in radiation effects on electronics and materials, plus knowledge of statistics, probabilistic calculations, and PCBs.

Qualifications

• BS degree in STEM required; additional 4 years experience considered in lieu of degree.
• 3+ years of experience with design, analysis, and/or testing of radiation effects on electronics and materials.
• Knowledge of statistical methods and probability calculations.
• Familiarity with discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memory, microcontrollers, FPGAs).
• Experience with industry-standard radiation analyses and testing (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD).
• Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Radiation effects analysis

Statistical methods

Probability calculations

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Altium Designer

Jira/Confluence

FASTRAD

SPENVIS

Job description

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACEFirefly 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.SUMMARYA 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.RESPONSIBILITIESDefine radiation environment for missionsWork alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/deratingOrganize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TIDCalculate mission probability of success based on test resultsWork with stakeholders to manage programmatic riskQUALIFICATIONSRequiredBS 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 materialsKnowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculationsFamiliarity 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 purposesDesiredExperience with Altium DesignerExperience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodologyExperience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS, etc.Primary Level Salary Range: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.SUMMARYA 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.RESPONSIBILITIESDefine radiation environment for missionsWork alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/deratingOrganize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TIDCalculate mission probability of success based on test resultsWork with stakeholders to manage programmatic riskQUALIFICATIONSRequiredBS 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 materialsKnowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculationsFamiliarity 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 purposesDesiredExperience with Altium DesignerExperience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodologyExperience 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.