Sr. Radiation Effects Engineer
Core
Ensuring avionics hardware performance across SpaceX's fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon, Starship, etc.) through exhaustive analysis, design, and testing in harsh radiation environments.
Role type
Senior IC radiation effects engineer (avionics)
Builds
Radiation-qualified avionics components and subsystems for rocket and spacecraft hardware
Domain
Aerospace + radiation hardening
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
radiation effects modeling and analysis, single event effects risk calculations, component reliability engineering, hardware blueprint and schematic review, test data database development, regulatory compliance for radiation safety, statistics and mathematics
Preferred skills
full stack web development (Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML), scripting for test hardware control, component engineering, circuit design analysis
Technologies
Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML
Responsibilities
Provide radiation test and analysis results and requirements flow-down advice; develop component databases for radiation test data; review PCN changes to maintain radiation qualification status; establish testing and reporting standards for component and flight PCBA radiation tests; refine preferred components across programs; analyze and improve test coverage with circuit design and manufacturing teams; establish requirements for component procurement specifications
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC