Engineer II – Space Avionics Component Radiation

Job description

The successful candidate will perform on radiation engineering efforts to establish the basis for the selection, development, evaluation, analysis, testing, and documentation of radiation effects in electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts and circuits for spacecraft and their payloads. In addition, should have the capability and desire to continue to learn the basis to predict radiation and space charging environments and define requirements, derive dose / charging through shielding modeling, and assess material tolerance to radiation dose effects.

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

What You’ll Do:

• Be personally mentored and trained one-on-one by a Staff Consultant (Eng. Sr. Prin. II) Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the Mission Systems Assurance Systems Radiation Effects Department, who has > 20 years of combined direct Radiation Engineering experience.
• Perform, generate and be responsible for Total Ionization Dose (TID), Single Event Effects (SEE), and Displacement Damage Dose (DDD) radiation analysis reports in accordance with customer requirements or BAE Systems standard practices.
• Support TID, SEE, and DDD radiation evaluation test campaigns for spaceflight hardware, including the development of radiation test plans and procedures, conducting radiation testing with laboratories and universities, and generating radiation analysis reports.
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