Radiation Effects Engineer II Verified today

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We are seeking a Radiation Effects Engineer II to join our team in Westminster, CO.

What you will do

You will design, analyze, and verify radiation effects impacting electronic components and systems for products and platforms. This role contributes to product development by evaluating radiation susceptibility, supporting mitigation strategies, and performing analyses and testing that ensure products satisfy technical, reliability, and mission requirements for space environments.

Working cross-functionally with electrical, hardware, FPGA, systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program teams, you will support radiation effects analysis, testing, and mitigation throughout the product development lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Perform radiation effects analyses for electronic components, integrated circuits, and electrical subsystems.
• Develop radiation assessments, component evaluations, shielding analyses, and worst-case analyses supporting radiation-tolerant hardware designs.
• Evaluate radiation environments, component performance, engineering data, and technical documentation.
• Perform radiation testing, characterization, data reduction, and design validation activities.
• Analyze total ionizing dose (TID), single event effects (SEE), displacement damage, and laboratory measurements.
• Support design verification, root cause investigations, engineering changes, and qualification testing.
• Develop radiation analyses, technical reports, test procedures, and qualification documentation.
• Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, hardware integration, and engineering investigations.
• Maintain radiation analysis documentation, test results, and configuration-controlled technical data.
• Develop improvements that enhance radiation tolerance and product reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2-5 years of related experience in electrical engineering, physics, nuclear engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering field, OR Master's degree with 0-3 years of related experience.
• Direct experience performing radiation effects analysis and testing responsibilities.
• Direct experience working with automotive and high volume commercial grade parts in radiation environments.
• Good understanding of radiation physics relevant to electronic components.
• Excellent written and spoken communication ability.

Preferred experience

• Experience with ray tracing tools such as FASTRAD.
• Experience with radiation susceptibility of RF components including III-V transistors (GaAs, GaN).
• Specialization in SEE analysis and test of complex digital devices such as FPGAs, processors, and memories (RAM and NVM).
• Working knowledge of Electronic Circuit Theory.
• Basic programming and scripting, such as Python.
• Managing databases of component test data.

Full-time employment offers company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.