SpaceX
Sr.RadiationEffectsEngineer
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“Sr. Radiation Effects Engineer at SpaceX. Skills: Radiation effects, Component engineering, Avionics hardware. Support cross-discipline team. Provide radiation test results”
Industry & Context.
Functional troubleshooting; Defect detection
Extended hours, Weekend work, ITAR requirements
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in engineering, 5+ years radiation effects experience
Nice to Have
Full stack web development experience, Single event effects risk calculations, Modeling, testing, and/or analysis experience, Scripts to control test hardware, Hardware blueprints/schematics proficiency, Component engineering experience, Component reliability experience, Mathematics and statistics knowledge, Avionics hardware proficiency, Radiation dose safety training
What You'll Do.
Support cross-discipline team
Provide radiation test results
Provide radiation analysis results
Provide advice on requirements
Provide modeling reports
Provide analysis reports
Provide recommendations for mitigation
Develop component databases
Develop applications for data interfacing
Ensure test data accessibility
Develop testing standards
Develop reporting standards
Refine preferred components
Analyze and improve test coverage
Make recommendations for design improvements
Make recommendations for process improvements
Make recommendations for data collection
Establish requirements for procurement
Comply with regulatory requirements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-discipline teams; Design engineers; System engineers; Supply chain teams; Component reliability teams; Circuit design teams; Electronics manufacturing teams; Software implementation teams
Communication Scope
Written communication; Verbal communication
Full Job Description
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. SR. RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon, Starship, Lunar Human Landing System, etc.) through some of the harshest and varied radiation environments imaginable. In order to ensure maximum reliability in an ionizing radiation environment, the Radiation team at SpaceX performs exhaustive analysis, design, and test at the component, board, unit, and subsystem levels with extensive opportunity to interact with a vast array of rocket and spacecraft hardware and electronics. As one of the few teams required to interface with the design, manufacturing, integration, and mission operations teams, we play a critical role in the development of our systems as we advance our efforts towards broadband satellite internet and safe, reliable, inexpensive, and innovative access to space. This work all supports our fundamental goal of expanding human space exploration capabilities and establishing a permanent human presence on the moon and Mars. RESPONSIBILITIES: Support a cross-discipline team of design and system engineers in providing radiation test and analysis results, advice on requirements flow down, modeling and analysis reports, and recommendations for mitigating radiation effects Develop component databases and applications for interfacing with radiation test data used across programs Work with supply chain, component reliability and radiation engineering to ensure test data collected during radiation test campaigns is available and accessible to design engineers Review PCN changes to ensure maintenance of radiation qualification status Develop t
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