Radiation Effects Test Engineer II

BLUE ORIGIN • Phoenix, AZ

1d • $99,201 - $138,880

About The Position

This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. Enterprise Engineering: This role is part of Enterprise Engineering, where we provide technical standards, tools, processes, training, and subject matter expertise for product engineering and manufacturing. EE allows all Blue Origin business units to benefit from commonly used capabilities, hardware, and software and assists business units in identifying, selecting, and training engineers from both inside and outside the organization. As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts in the Systems and Avionics Center of Excellence, you will study, develop, and execute validation and verification strategies for avionics hardware used to successfully launch Blue Origin missions. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of space vehicle and rocket engine design, test, integration, and operation. Further, as an integral part of our highly trained team of Radiation Engineers, you will lead the charge for EEE parts-level, circuit-level, and system-level radiation effects testing that will directly impact all of Blue’s space missions. Your primary focuses will be understanding our missions’ electronic platforms, deriving the required radiation testing needs, and efficiently planning/executing tests for the effects of total ionizing dose (TID), displacement damage dose (DDD), and single events (SEE). Experience with radiation test automation, data collection, and data processing are highly desirable.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Science, or related field with 2+ years of proven direct radiation experience in design, analysis, and/or testing.
• Direct hands-on experience performing component/system radiation effects test and employing measurement hardware.
• Basic understanding of the effects of radiation on electronics.
• Electrical engineering fundamentals, basic digital and analog circuit fundamentals, and familiarity with associated laboratory equipment.
• Domestic travel required.
• Foreign travel possible.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field with 3+ years of direct experience in radiation design, analysis, and testing of avionics hardware for operation in radiation environments.
• Experience with any of Python and/or NI LabView programming and embedded software.
• Experience with the following programming languages, platforms, and protocols: C, SVN, Gitlab, SQL, I2C, SPI.
• Basic electronics lab skills include soldering, harnessing, use of oscilloscope, multimeter, and logic analyzer.
• Familiarity with basic and complex discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memories, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)
• Willingness to expand capabilities into system radiation analysis and circuit design guidance for radiation-tolerant systems.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of fundamental statistical methods.
• Experience with one or more standard radiation environment modeling tools, including but not limited to IRENE, OMERE, SIRE2, SPENVIS, OLTARIS, CREME96, SAPPHIRE, ESP, or PSYCHIC.
• Experience with one or more radiation transport codes, including but not limited to NOVICE, FASTRAD, SHIELDOSE2, GEANT4, or MCNP.
• Experience with the use of commercial or automotive parts in a radiation environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom radiation test setups.
• Develop custom software for test data collection and processing.
• Document radiation test plans and results.
• Interface with radiation test facilities to schedule and perform tests.
• Maintain Blue’s radiation test database.
• Contribute to improvements in Blue’s in-house radiation test capabilities and laboratory.
• Advise program personnel on parts selection and test procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level