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Vast

Radiation Effects Engineer

Long Beach, CA · On-site

$93K - $132K/yr

Vast is looking for a Radiation Effects Engineer , reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC & Radiation Effects, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and ...

Impulse Space

Radiation Effects Engineer

Redondo Beach, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

Radiation Effects Engineer Department: Avionics Employment Type: Full Time Location: Redondo Beach Compensation: $120,000 - $150,000 / year Description As a Radiation Effects Engineer, your core ...

LLNL

Radiation Effects Engineer

Livermore, CA · On-site

  • Retirement

We have an opening for a Radiation Effects Engineer to work in the Target Diagnostic Engineering & Science (TDES) Group at the National Ignition Facility. You will support the development and ...

Impulse Space

Radiation Effects Engineer

Redondo Beach, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

Radiation Effects Engineer Department: Avionics Employment Type: Full Time Location: Redondo Beach Compensation: $120,000 - $150,000 / year Description As a Radiation Effects Engineer, your core ...

LLNL

Radiation Effects Engineer

Livermore, CA · On-site

$9.7K/wk

  • Retirement

We have an opening for a Radiation Effects Engineer to work in the Target Diagnostic Engineering & Science (TDES) Group at the National Ignition Facility. You will support the development and ...

LLNL

Radiation Effects Engineer

Livermore, CA · On-site

  • Retirement

We have an opening for a Radiation Effects Engineer to work in the Target Diagnostic Engineering & Science (TDES) Group at the National Ignition Facility. You will support the development and ...

Vast

Radiation Effects Engineer

Long Beach, CA · On-site

$120K - $171K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Vast is looking for a Radiation Effects Engineer , reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC & Radiation Effects, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and ...

Vast

Radiation Effects Engineer

Long Beach, CA · On-site

$120K - $171K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Vast is looking for a Radiation Effects Engineer , reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC & Radiation Effects, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and ...

Impulse Space

Radiation Effects Engineer

Redondo Beach, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

Radiation Effects Engineer Department: Avionics Employment Type: Full Time Location: Redondo Beach Compensation: $120,000 - $150,000 / year Description As a Radiation Effects Engineer, your core ...

SpaceX

Radiation Effects Engineer

Hawthorne, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon ...

LLNL

Radiation Effects Engineer

Livermore, CA · On-site

  • Retirement

We have an opening for a Radiation Effects Engineer to work in the Target Diagnostic Engineering & Science (TDES) Group at the National Ignition Facility. You will support the development and ...

SpaceX

Radiation Effects Engineer

Hawthorne, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon ...

Astranis

Radiation Effects Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120K - $145K/yr

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Radiation Effects Engineer As a Radiation Effects Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the electrical survivability of our spacecraft by analyzing, designing, and testing robust electronic ...

SpaceX

Radiation Effects Engineer

Hawthorne, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon ...

Astranis

Radiation Effects Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120K - $145K/yr

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Radiation Effects Engineer As a Radiation Effects Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the electrical survivability of our spacecraft by analyzing, designing, and testing robust electronic ...

SpaceX

Radiation Effects Engineer

Hawthorne, CA · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

RADIATION EFFECTS ENGINEER As a member of our fast-paced Radiation Effects team, you will be responsible for ensuring avionics hardware performance across our fleet of vehicles (Dragon, Falcon ...

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Radiation Effects Engineer

Vast

Long Beach, CA • On-site

$93K - $132K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 3 days ago

Job description

Vast is looking for a Radiation Effects Engineer, reporting to the Senior Manager, EMI-EMC & Radiation Effects, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. 

This will be a full-time, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location. 

Responsibilities: 

  • Coordinate and oversee proton beam and heavy ion tests in support of Vast avionics development.
  • Guide the development of Radiation Effects and survivability requirements for Vast spacecraft.
  • Guide the derivation and distribution of in space environmental requirements.
  • Tailor industry standards such as EEE-INST-002 and NASA 8739.11 for Vast spacecraft and missions.
  • Ensure the Radiation Effects team meets project deadlines and company objectives.
  • Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the Radiation Effects team to be successful.
  • Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • 1+ years of experience working in Radiation Effects or similar role.
  • Ms or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.
  • Experience with radiation shielding analysis and tools such as FASTRAD.
  • Experience with radiation environments modeling and dose analysis and tools such as SPENVIS, OMERE.
  • Experience with in space charging for spacecraft, plasma, and atomic oxygen.
  • Prior experience in an electronics, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role.
  • Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc.
  • Experience with computer architecture & design.
  • Experience developing infrastructure for radiation test (procedures, reporting, equipment, etc).
  • Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Requirements:

  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
  • Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Pay range:

Radiation Effects Engineer I: $93,480-$132,696

Radiation Effects Engineer II: $120,540-$171,108

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