The Aerospace Corporation este o organizație independentă, nonprofit, care administrează un centru de cercetare și dezvoltare finanțat federal și dedicat sectorului spațial. Echipele sale oferă analize tehnice obiective, sprijin ingineresc și evaluări strategice pentru clienți guvernamentali, civili și comerciali. Activitatea desfășurată în cadrul The Aerospace Corporation acoperă securitatea cibernetică spațială, reziliența sistemelor de sateliți, siguranța spațială, programe de sateliți de mediu susținute de agenții precum NOAA și NASA, reducerea deșeurilor orbitale și tehnologii care dezvoltă capacitățile spațiale naționale. Organizația reunește expertiză din domeniile aerospațial, apărării, consultanței și din alte domenii tehnice conexe, sprijinind angajații care lucrează la provocări complexe ce contribuie la conturarea viitorului spațiului cosmic.
Senior Nuclear Hardness and Survivability Engineer
Analyze radiation and space-environment survivability for satellite, payload, and missile electronics. Support The Aerospace Corporation’s national security space programs through testing, modeling, and compliance reviews.
Descriere
- Assess nuclear hardness and survivability for satellite electronics, subsystems, payloads, and missile systems.
- Interpret radiation test plans and reports against total-dose, displacement-damage, prompt-dose-rate latchup and upset, and single-event-effect requirements.
- Analyze survivability in space environments, including micrometeoroids, atomic oxygen, solar energetic particles, and single-event effects.
- Review procedures for component- and box-level Flash X-ray testing.
- Estimate radiation environments with DTRA modeling tools, the Testable Hardware Toolkit, FASTRAD, MCNP, SPENVIS, CREME96, GEANT4, Ansys Charge Plus, SIRE2, Warren, and related tools.
- Evaluate radiation requirements and compliance at PDRs, CDRs, and other program reviews.
- Assess industry radiation and survivability plans and apply relevant best practices.
Cerințe
- Degree in physics, nuclear engineering, or a related field.
- At least five years of progressively responsible, relevant engineering experience; time spent pursuing an advanced degree may count toward this requirement.
- Proficiency with scientific programming languages such as MATLAB, Mathematica, IDL, Python, or C++.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship, required to obtain a security clearance.
- An advanced degree is preferred.
- Experience in nuclear hardness and survivability.
- Knowledge of radiation effects on electronic components and systems.
- Ability to review NH&S analyses and confirm that requirements are met.
- Proficiency in addressing SGEMP in the design and analysis of flight hardware.
- Experience making radiation predictions with ASSIST, THTk, FASTRAD, MCNP, SPENVIS, CREME96, or other radiation analysis tools.
- Exposure to machine learning or artificial intelligence methods, with implementation experience.
- Background evaluating electronic components for spaceflight units.
- Expertise in electron, proton, neutron, and photon transport analysis.
- Understanding of prompt-dose effects.
- Active TS/SCI or Q clearance.
Beneficii
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
- Company-paid retirement benefits totaling 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are eligible and vested upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Variable pay for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth and development programs.
- Education assistance programs.
- An inclusive workplace emphasizing teamwork, flexibility, and respect.