Job Description

Description

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The Nuclear Weapon Effects (NWE) section is seeking a Staff Nuclear Hardness amp; Survivability (NH amp;S) Engineer that will be responsible for hardening electronic systems against both Endo- and Exo-Atmospheric Nuclear Weapon Effects, as well as Natural Space Radiation Effects. The NH amp;S Engineer works in close coordination with NH amp;S Leads as well as electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers to analyze and test devices, designs, and systems across a variety of environments and systems ranging from ground systems, missiles, and satellites.

A Staff Nuclear Hardness amp; Survivability (NH amp;S) Engineer is expected to be a self-starter, and have excellent time management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management and build strong mentoring relationships with Junior engineers.

Broad knowledge in any of the following areas, or expertise in several is HIGHLY desired:

Hostile Nuclear Weapon Threats, such as:

* Transient Radiation Effects in Electronics, comprising Total Dose, Displacement Damage and Prompt Dose Upset, Latchup, Burnout, and Transient effects from X-Ray, Gamma Ray, Neutron Environments
* EMP effects from environments such as High-Altitude EMP, Source Region EMP, Dispersed EMP, System-Generated EMP, Internal EMP, etc.
* Mechanical effects such as X-Ray Thermomechanical Shock, Plated Debris, Ground Shock, Thermal blast, Overpressure, Dust amp; Debris, Fallout, Scintillation, etc.

Natural Space Environment Threats, such as:

* Space Radiation Effects, including Single Event Effects (Upset, Latchup, Burnout, Transients, Functional Interrupts, etc.) from Heavy Ions, Protons, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Solar Flares, Electron/Protons Total Dose and Displacement Damage, etc.
* Space Survivability Threats, Including Micrometeoroids, Orbital Debris, Atomic Oxygen, and UV degradation.

Essential Functions:

* Environment Analysis, such as Environment Calculation/Derivation and Modeling, Radiation Transport, etc.
* Electrical Design Analysis, such as Circuit Design/Simulation, Device Evaluations, Parameter Degradation Analysis and Derating Development, Circumvention amp; Recovery, Photocurrent Transient Protection and Burnout Mitigations, etc.
* Mechanical Design Analysis, such as Material and Coating Selections, Shielding and Shadowing Analyses, CAD review, etc.
* Cable amp; Harness Design Analysis, such as Shield and Dielectric Material Selections, SGEMP Drive Current and Pin Threat Calculations, etc.
* Reliability Analysis, such as SEE Rate Calculations, Ground Intervention Impacts, Availability Impacts, SEE Criticality Analyses, FIT Rate Contributions, etc.
* Test Support, such as Test Planning, Parameter/Condition Selection, Test Circuit Development, Irradiations or tests for various effects (e.g. Total Dose, Displacement Damage, Prompt Dose Rate, Single Event Effect, Current Injection, Pulsed Power), Data Analysis and Reporting, etc.
* Subcontract Management Support, such as Scope of Work development, Technical Oversight and Reporting, SDRL Review and Approval, etc.
* Presenting requirements and compliance at Design Reviews, Internal Program Reviews, Working Groups, Technical Interchange Meetings, etc.
* Proposal Development for new business pursuits, including Cost, Schedule, Technical, and Management Volume development
* Mentorship and training through any combination of Shoulder-to-shoulder skill development, Virtual Tutorial and Instruction, Classroom-style training, Job Shadowing, etc.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's of Science Degree OR higher in Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or closely related technical discipline

* 14 years of engineering experience in aerospace radiation effects OR 12 years of experience with a Master's Degree OR 9 years experience with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or closely related technical discipline

* Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret or Top Secret, and SCI Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with any of following Standards and Handbooks: MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-1766, MIL-STD-3053, MDA-STD-001, MIL-HDBK-814, MIL-HDBK-815, MIL-HDBK-816, MIL-HDBK-817, EM-1, DTRA Redbook and/or Bluebook
* Experience with any of following Environment Prediction Tools: AE9/AP9, CREME96, SPENVIS, ORDEM, KESSLER
* Experience with any of following Transport Tools and Codes: MCNP/Attila4MC, NOVICE, Testable Hardware Toolkit (THTk), CEPXS, PUFF-TFT, THOR, XTERRA, TRIM/SRIM, SREMPTAPS, ITS, WinGS
Experience with any of following Software languages and environments: Python, Fortran, Java, C++, C, SQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, LabWindows

* Experience with hardening against Hostile Radiation, EMP (with emphasis on SGEMP), and Mechanical Effects

* Experience with developing Natural Survivability Analyses

* Knowledge of the semiconductor device physics associated with radiation effects

* Active, in-scope DoD Secret, Top Secret, SCI or DoE L or Q clearance