Spacecraft Radiation Engineer — Electronics & Testing

Firefly Aerospace; Town of Texas (WI); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX, seeks a Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Support to characterize, simulate, and mitigate radiation effects observed on our spacecraft. You will contribute across all phases of spacecraft and hardware development, defining environments and running multi-disciplinary test campaigns to qualify COTS parts for spaceflight.

The role requires hands-on design, analysis, and testing, plus familiarity with radiation tools (FASTRAD, SPENVIS), Altium Designer, and

Formación

• BS degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or 4 additional years of related experience.
• 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).
• Experience with industry-standard radiation effects analyses and testing (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD).
• Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing purposes.
• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Experience with Jira/Confluence and Agile methodology.
• Experience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Statistical methods

Probability calculations

Reading schematics

PCB testing concepts

Educación

BS degree in STEM

Herramientas

Altium Designer

Jira

Confluence

FASTRAD

SPENVIS

Descripción del empleo

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX, seeks a Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Support to characterize, simulate, and mitigate radiation effects observed on our spacecraft. You will contribute across all phases of spacecraft and hardware development, defining environments and running multi-disciplinary test campaigns to qualify COTS parts for spaceflight.

The role requires hands-on design, analysis, and testing, plus familiarity with radiation tools (FASTRAD, SPENVIS), Altium Designer, and