Senior Radiation Effects Engineer I Verified today

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

What you will do

You will own key aspects of our Radiation Hardness Assurance Plan, leading technical work across environment analysis, testing, risk management, and product roadmapping. You will present engineering design review materials to customers and executives, and contribute to proposal-writing efforts.

• Own the company's Radiation Hardness Assurance Plan for LEO orbits and beyond.
• Simulate radiation environments for various orbits using tools such as OMERE.
• Plan and conduct radiation tests on components and products, including proton, heavy ion, and total dose testing.
• Predict upset rates by combining environmental simulations with test data.
• Advise hardware engineers on part selection.
• Advise software and firmware engineers on radiation tolerance best practices such as EDAC and watchdog timers.
• Perform system-level analysis of radiation risk.
• Participate in design reviews for hardware, software, and firmware to ensure radiation reliability.
• Shape product-level radiation roadmap based on customer requirements.
• Keep up with latest industry practices, standards, and requirements.
• Help grow the radiation effects team via interviews, training, and mentorship.
• Advise Business Development on radiation effects for bids and proposals.

What you need

• Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or similar field from an accredited university.
• Minimum 4 years of space product experience.
• Direct experience performing the responsibilities listed above.
• 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.

Employment details

Full-time position. Compensation and benefits include company stock options and a benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

U.S. person status required to conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.