Principal Radiation Effects Engineer

Lead radiation effects engineering efforts for electronics and microelectronics by setting testing requirements, executing radiation testing, and analyzing results for qualification and hardening.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and lead the development of radiation testing requirements, including test execution plans and analysis of results for electronic and microelectronic parts and sub-systems
• Collaborate with engineers and scientists to deliver integrated outcomes across radiation effects testing and analysis
• Conduct R&D across multiple technical areas, including:
  • Radiation effects in electronics testing and analysis
  • Radiation sources and dosimetry
  • Radiation hardening design and technologies
  • Complex system integration and test efforts

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Master’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, or Nuclear Engineering; or a bachelor’s degree with additional years of experience in lieu of an advanced degree
• 10–15 years of experience performing testing, analysis, and simulations supporting:
  • Radiation hardening and qualification of electronic devices and systems
  • Radiation testing of electronics at accelerators, reactors, and pulse power facilities
  • Use of dosimetry and other diagnostics employed at these facilities
• Experience with RF board design, grounding and shielding, high-frequency and low noise measurement techniques
• Experience with analog and digital device testing and parametric semiconductor device measurements
• Experience measuring and characterizing radiation effects including prompt dose rate, TID, nDD, and SEE in electrical devices
• Familiarity with:
  • MIL-HNDBK-814 and MIL-STD-883 radiation qualification and hardening techniques
  • Radiation transport codes
  • Electrical circuit design and analysis, waveform analysis
  • Automated integrated circuit test equipment (including instrument control software)
  • Space and nuclear radiation environments

Technologies

• MIL-HNDBK-814
• MIL-STD-883
• Radiation transport codes
• Automated integrated circuit test equipment
• Instrument control software
• Waveform analysis

Benefits

• Bonus opportunities
• Signing bonus
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location

• In-person, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Job Type

• Full-time

Schedule

• 8-hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Salary

• USD 201,000 - 212,000 per year