Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects

ABOUT FIREFLY

Firefly 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.

SUMMARY

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 missions
• Work alongside the hardware design team in parts selection/derating
• Organize and run test campaigns for Proton, Heavy Ion, and TID
• Calculate mission probability of success based on test results
• Work with stakeholders to manage programmatic risk

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• BS degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), in lieu of a degree an additional 4 years of direct experience can be considered.
• 3 yrs minimum experience with design, analysis, and/or testing of radiation effects on electronics and materials
• Knowledge of fundamental statistical methods and probability calculations
• Familiarity with discrete and integrated circuits (transistors, logic, memory, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc.)
• Experience with industry-standard radiation effects analyses and testing (environment definition, SEECA, TID, DDD, etc.)
• Ability to read electrical schematics and design basic PCBs for testing purposes

Desired

• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence and Agile methodology
• Experience with radiation simulation tools such as FASTRAD, SPENVIS, etc.