SpaceX

Sr.RadiationEffectsEngineer

$175–250k ~AI est. Hawthorne, California, United States
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The Brief

“Sr. Radiation Effects Engineer at SpaceX. Skills: Radiation effects, Component engineering, Avionics hardware. Support cross-discipline team. Provide radiation test results”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Functional troubleshooting; Defect detection

Eligibility Requirements

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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