What are the responsibilities and job description for the Radiation Mission Assurance Engineer position at The Radiation Team?
High-Level Summary
The Radiation Mission Assurance Engineer ensures that designs, components, and test programs meet mission reliability standards in radiation environments. This role oversees risk assessments, validated engineering decisions, and provides guidance to ensure hardware and systems can withstand mission conditions. By bridging design, testing, and assurance, this position plays a critical role in safeguarding overall mission success.
Structured Description
Position Overview
The Radiation Mission Assurance Engineer provides technical oversight of designs, components, and test programs to ensure missions reliability in radiation environments. This role assesses risk, reviews parts and systems, and works with engineering teams to validate that mission assurance requirements are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Review designs and parts for compliance with relevant mission requirements.
- Evaluate radiation risks and mitigation strategies at the component-, assembly-, and system-level
- Support planning and execution of test programs, ensuring results align with mission requirements
- Collaborate with hardware, test, and radiation engineers to validate design decisions
- Contribute to documentation, risk assessments, and assurance reporting and other customer-facing content
- Provide recommendations to improve reliability across engineering projects
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related fieldStrong foundation in reliability engineering, risk assessment, and statistics
- Familiarity with radiation effects on electronic systems
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Experience with standard environment modeling tools such as OMERE, CREME, Sire, FASTRAD, or NOVICE
- Experience with one or more high-level programming languages
Preferred Skills
- Experience in mission assurance, reliability, or systems engineering within commercial aerospace or defense
- Familiarity with MIL-STD, NASA, or similar mission assurance frameworks
- Background in radiation effects testing or component qualification
- Experience with reviewing engineering designs, test data, program requirements, requirements decomposition
Additional Requirements
- This is an on-site role for the greater Seattle metropolitan area
- May be required to travel occasionally to support test activities
- Must be a U.S Person under EAR/ITAR regulations (U.S Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.)
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $90,000-$160,000. Final compensation may be determined based on experience and qualifications
Company Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
Salary : $90,000 - $160,000