Job Description Summary:
A Radiation Engineer 2 assesses and mitigates the impact of radiation on the performance of a system. This assessment could be in the form of analysis of environments, transport of those environments through system enclosures, modeling the interaction or radiation with components and sensors, or testing of components and sensors. Typical systems and components include inertial navigation systems, inertial sensors (accelerometers and gyroscopes), MEMS devices, ASICs, fiber optics, and other electronic components.
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
Support engineering decisions based on radiation effects on overall system performance.
Design harden and verify the performance of systems across multiple radiation effects, including dose rate, total ionizing dose (TID), neutron displacement damage (NDD), and single event effects (SEE).
Support interdisciplinary teams to ensure that radiation hardening is maintained across the product lifecycle.
Help define and execute the approach for a particular problem and independently execute assignments.
Contribute high quality content for technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance
Proactively identify needs and concerns associated with design decisions and communicate them to project leadership
Contribute to the updates of best practices and QMS processes to reflect the most up to date tools and procedures.
Performs other related duties as needed
Skills/Abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
Excellent analytical skills to support modeling and analysis tasks.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, especially with regard to planning critical test and analysis activities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
Solid understanding of radiation interactions with materials and devices.
Education
Requires a Bachelor's in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, or other relevant field. A Master's degree, or PhD is preferred.
Experience
3-5 years Radiation Engineering or related experience.
Additional Job Description:
Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
Job Location - City:
Cambridge
Job Location - State:
Massachusetts
Job Location - Postal Code:
The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$75,000.00 - $156,000.00
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