Amazon
Radiation Effects Engineer, Amazon Leo
$136K–$184K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in avionics development, including electronic component selection and radiation testing.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Qualifies satellite electronics for space radiation and investigates on-orbit radiation events, developing mitigations and tools to analyze results.
What you'll do
- Define and analyze heavy-ion, proton, and TID tests; qualify components and maintain a radiation-tested component database.
- Develop processes for managing component and satellite test results and documentation; work with design teams on radiation risks and mitigations.
- Lead root-cause analysis of on-orbit radiation events and build tools and dashboards to organize and visualize them.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or above in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.
- 3+ years of experience in avionics development, including electronic component selection and radiation testing.
- Hands-on experience conducting SEE characterization using heavy-ion and proton beam facilities, and TID testing with gamma-ray sources.
- Experience evaluating SEE and TID effects on electronic components and systems.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience with space programs, radiation modeling or particle-transport tools, or AWS S3 and DynamoDB.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
FastRAD, NOVICE, GEANT4, Ax8/Ax9, CREME96, SPENVIS, S3, DynamoDB
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