Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects

Firefly Radiation EngineerFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.A Firefly Radiation Engineer is responsible for characterizing, simulating, and mitigating the radiation environmental effects observed by our spacecraft.

This person will be involved in all phases of spacecraft and hardware development. A qualified candidate will be capable of both defining the environment as well as running multi-disciplinary test campaigns to qualify COTS parts for spaceflight.Responsibilities:Define radiation environment for missionsWork alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/deratingOrganize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TIDCalculate mission probability of success based on test resultsWork with stakeholders to manage programmatic riskQualifications:Required:B.S. (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Science, or a related field5 yrs minimum of experience with design, analysis, and/or testing of radiation effects on electronics and materialsKnowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculationsAbility to present radiation requirements, test results, and plans to customers and technical teamsUnderstanding of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation effects on electronicsFamiliarity with discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memory, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)Experience with industry-standard radiation effects analyses (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD, etc.)Experience with radiation effects testing (SEE, TID, DDD)Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing purposesDesired:Experience with Altium DesignerExperience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodologyExperience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS, etc.