R0173089 - Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer (A)

Aerodyne Industries•Houston, TX

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Aerodyne Industries is seeking an Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Engineer to join its Engineering Division and support NASA spaceflight projects. The role supports projects across the product life cycle, collaborating with engineering teams, interpreting schematics, and recommending design improvements. The engineer leads radiation testing and analysis, tailors RHA requirements, derives part performance classifications, and assesses radiation-induced failure modes. The role also evaluates electronic hardware performance and presents test results, analyses, and risk assessments to engineering and program leadership, including addressing technical challenges involving industrial- and automotive-grade components used in space systems. The position has been advertised at multiple levels; candidates may be considered at any advertised level depending on experience, qualifications, and business needs. A bachelor's degree in Engineering is typically required, with 5–10 years of related experience normally expected. Relevant disciplines include Electrical, Materials, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, or Physics. Licenses or certifications may be required. Proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency may be required, and the selected candidate must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Requirements

Typically, a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5–10 years of related experience.
Degree in a related radiation area, with a degree in Electrical, Materials, Aerospace, or Nuclear Engineering, or Physics from an accredited engineering school.
Technical knowledge of radiation effects in microelectronics and/or avionics systems, potentially including single-event effect and total-dose mechanisms, test strategies, mitigation techniques, and circuit and system analysis.
Familiarity with avionics RHA processes, including defining mission and environmental factors, developing requirements, conducting radiation testing, and evaluating mitigation strategies.
Ability to assess electronic parts, circuits, and systems for radiation risks, mitigation effectiveness, and compliance with performance and reliability requirements.
Ability to lead or support radiation screening and characterization testing, including SEE, TID, ELDRS, TNID, and DDD.
Ability to design, troubleshoot, and repair radiation test setups.
Licenses or certification may be required.
Ability to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
Proof of U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency may be required.

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to work on multidisciplinary NASA spaceflight hardware teams.
Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, and power analyzers.
Project experience designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting embedded systems, power electronics, battery systems, and other electrical hardware.
Familiarity with systems engineering and integration and/or specialty engineering for NASA spaceflight or similarly complex programs.
Ability to analyze and interpret complex avionics design products, including schematics, block diagrams, component specifications, parts lists, and fault tree analyses.
Experience gathering technical insights from stakeholder meetings to generate risk assessments and models for systems or subsystems.
Proficiency with MBSE tools such as MagicDraw or Cameo, and familiarity with .graphml file formats and network modeling.
Familiarity with Poisson, Markov, and/or Gaussian statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

Support projects across the product life cycle and collaborate with engineering teams.
Interpret schematics and recommend design improvements.
Lead radiation testing and analysis, tailor RHA requirements, derive part performance classifications, and assess radiation-induced failure modes.
Evaluate electronic hardware performance and present test results, analyses, and risk assessments to engineering and program leadership.
Address technical challenges involving industrial- and automotive-grade components used in space systems.
Assess electronic parts, circuits, and systems for radiation risks, mitigation effectiveness, and ability to meet performance and reliability requirements.
Lead or support screening and characterization testing for heavy-ion, proton, and pulsed-laser SEE; TID; ELDRS; TNID; DDD; and related radiation effects.
Design, troubleshoot, and repair radiation test setups, which may include cables, laboratory test equipment, printed circuit boards, software, firmware, hardware, and hardware description languages.