Apex Space
Radiation Effects Engineer
$100K–$160K
Los Angeles · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in radiation effects and/or reliability engineering for aerospace systems.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Nuclear Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Leads radiation assurance and analysis for spacecraft electronics, ensuring components and systems are qualified and hardened for space environments.
What you'll do
- Establish, manage, and execute radiation qualification campaigns, including testing at external facilities.
- Provide radiation analyses and mitigation recommendations for spacecraft components, shielding, and mission designs.
- Maintain radiation parts and materials databases and support proposals, requirements development, customer briefings, and design reviews.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Nuclear Engineering, or a related field.
- Expertise with radiation tools such as AE9/AP9/SPM, CREME96, OMERE, or SPENVIS, and familiarity with industry radiation standards.
- Experience budgeting, scheduling, and executing SEE, TID, and DDD test campaigns, including hardware or kit development; familiarity testing FPGAs and microprocessors.
- Proficiency in data analysis or modeling software (Python, MATLAB, or equivalent), and strong lab experience with radiation test and measurement equipment.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with scripting and programming, radiation transport and shielding tools such as FASTRAD, space charging, or anomaly resolution.
Pay
USD $100K – $160K base salary
Tools
AE9/AP9/SPM, CREME96, OMERE, SPENVIS, Python, MATLAB, LTSpice, FASTRAD
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