Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Radiation Effects
- Location
- Cedar Park, TX
- Listed
- Today
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.
Additional information
Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing.
Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
From Firefly Aerospace's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 14, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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