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Oceaneering · 3 weeks ago

Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer – Space Systems

Clear Lake, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

New Grad, Entry, Mid, Senior Level

0+ years exp

Oceaneering Space Systems develops innovative technologies for space and harsh environments. The Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer will support NASA on the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science II contract, ensuring that services meet and exceed standards in the field of human spaceflight and deep space exploration.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of group of over 45 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers

Be familiar with systems engineering and integration (S&EI) and/or specialty engineering for NASA spaceflight (or similar complexity)

Support new projects and sustaining efforts throughout product life cycle, including: standards adjudications, system requirements reviews, preliminary design reviews, critical design reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, flight readiness reviews, and failure investigations, as well as testing, analysis, inspection, sustaining support efforts

Drive critical decision-making processes for performing radiation testing, deriving part performance classification and taxonomy, and improving vehicle and subsystem level radiation reliability and survivability

Tailor Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) requirements based upon mission, environment, application, and lifetime (MEAL) factors as well as program/project risk posture

Bound stochastic and deterministic electronics failure modes induced by natural space radiation environment

Write verification test plans, test procedures, and test reports against product requirement

Ability to read and understand schematics for circuit and system diagrams to evaluate upstream and downstream impacts for transient analysis

Collaborate with design engineers, project personnel, and other stakeholders to evaluate performance of electronic hardware and assess need to address impacts to functional, performance, reliability, and availability metrics

Support program activities on behalf of subject matter experts (SMEs) by assessing relevance information with technical discussions to determine need to request SME consideration, and then accurately conveying SME assessments back to program and project stakeholders

Make recommendations for design, process improvements, and data collection

Perform root-cause analysis of test failures and communicate recommended actions

Present test results and data analyses to team members, project engineers, program managers, systems engineers, formal boards/panels, and more

Ability to adapt in the face technical hurdles and overcome challenges associated with increasing use of industrial-grade and automotive-grade components in space applications

Familiarity with Poisson, Markov, and/or Gaussian statistical analysis

Willingness to work in a technically challenging field

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, etc.)

Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Comply with all radiation regulatory requirements for radiation safety

Test Engineer / Lab Scientist with at least 1 year experience

Perform other duties as required

Qualification

Radiation Hardness AssuranceRadiation effects in microelectronicsElectrical EngineeringSystems engineeringIntegrationTest hardware proficiencyProject managementCuriosityCommunication skillsTeam collaborationGrowth mindset

Required

A BS Engineering degree from an accredited engineering school

Be familiar with the subject matter expertise (SME) and/or specialty engineering field in radiation effects in microelectronics for NASA spaceflight (or similar complexity)

Work directly with technicians, engineers, managers, and other stakeholders on a wide variety of Projects

Possess technical knowledge of radiation effects in microelectronics and avionics systems, may include: basic mechanisms for single-event effects and total dose, test strategies, mitigation techniques, and analysis of circuits, systems, and data links

Be familiar with the suite of activities known as Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) for avionics (analog, digital, power, etc.): determining Mission, Environment, Application, and Lifetime (MEAL) factors, developing and interpreting requirements, bill-of-materials requirement gap analysis, radiation testing, environment definition, radiation transport, shielding analysis, dose-depth curves, Single-Event Effects Criticality Analysis (SEECA), derating, Safe Operating Area (SOA), Radiation Design Margin (RDM), etc

Assess EEE parts, circuits, functions, components, subsystems, and systems to evaluate risks, effectiveness of mitigation strategies, and the ability to meet functional, performance, and reliability requirements during and after exposure to the mission ionizing radiation environment

Lead or support screening and characterization test efforts for heavy ion, proton, and pulsed-laser Single-Event Effects (SEE), Total Ionizing Dose (TID), Enhanced Low-Dose Rate Sensitivity (ELDRS), Total Non-Ionizing Dose (TNID), Displacement Damage Dose (DDD), etc

Create detailed radiation assessments, presentations, test plans, analyses, and reports

Design, troubleshoot, and repair new and existing radiation test setups

Preferred

BS degree in Electrical Engineering/ Materials Engineering / Aerospace Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering/ Physics in related radiation area from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of zero (0) years of related engineering experience, or a MS/ PhD in related radiation area with degree in Electrical Engineering / Materials Engineering /Aerospace Engineering/ Nuclear Engineering/ Physics from an accredited engineering school

Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers

Familiar with systems engineering and integration (S&EI) and/or specialty engineering for NASA spaceflight (or similar complexity)

Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems

Project based experience designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting power distribution electronics, battery systems, and other electrical hardware (requirements definition; system modeling and simulation; circuit analysis; PCB design, fabrication; requirements verification)

Excellent fabrication, and assembly; harness fabrication; requirements verification

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers designing and building world-class, NASA spaceflight hardware

Prior experience in design and test of power supply and conditioning systems

Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook

Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment

Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position

Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation