Amentum · 8 hours ago
Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expAmentum is a leading engineering solutions provider working with NASA on deep space exploration projects. They are seeking an Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance Engineer to support new projects and sustaining efforts throughout the product life cycle, including testing, analysis, and radiation reliability assessments.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
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
Required
Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 1 year of experience in the field or in a related area
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
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
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
Benefits
Excellent personal and professional career growth
9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off), when applicable
Onsite cafeteria (breakfast & lunch)
Much, much more!
Company
Amentum
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
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Ajay Nagar
Vice President
Darren Burton
Chief People Officer
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