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Radiation Effects Engineer

Los Angeles, California; El Segundo, California Job ID 00000423277 Category Engineering - Systems Post Date Apr. 21, 2024
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At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

This is Boeing: each of us is an innovator on a mission to connect, protect, explore, and inspire. From seabed to outer space, you’ll learn and grow, contributing to work that shapes the world. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS) seeks a Radiation Effects Engineer to serve as a Survivability Systems Engineer/Scientist on our team in El Segundo, California, and support multidisciplinary survivability tasks through all satellite program phases.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute and oversee the Monte Carlo modeling of radiation transport through large systems in space, terrestrial or strategic radiation environments.
  • Interface effectively with customers and designers across all technical disciplines in a team environment to trade factors such as survivability, cost, weight, and technical risk in arriving at the final design.
  • Ensure that unit and system level designs appropriately consider radiation-related effects such as total dose (to include ELDRS and dose rate effects), displacement damage, single event effects, internal charging.
  • Perform and document unit and vehicle level analyses.
  • Plan and conduct testing at the piece part, slice, and unit levels locally and at national accelerator facilities to support design and verify compliance with radiation-related requirements such as Brookhaven National Labs, Texas A&M, Boeing Radiation Effects Lab.

To meet security standards and protocols, all work is performed onsite in El Segundo, CA.

Travel:

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time domestically depending on business needs.

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)

Special Program Access or other Government Access Requirements are mandatory for this position.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
  • Experience with survivability related technologies such as space environments, radiation effects, device physics, or multi-physics computer simulation.
  • Experience with radiation transport codes (i.e. Geant4, MCNPx, ...).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Experience with space environmental effects, high energy charged particle environments, particle-in-cell and molecular flow models, and statistical treatment of data.
  • Experience with executing and optimizing radiation transport code on high performance computing clusters (HPC cluster) or distributed computing systems.
  • Experience with spacecraft design, fabrication, and test.
  • Experience with C++, python,MATLAB, MathCAD, PSPICE, or CRÈME.
  • Working knowledge of ASIC and FPGA microprocessor function and programming.
  • Experience with operation of electrical test equipment such as digitizing oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, signal generator, multimeter, …

Typical Education/Experience:

Experienced (level 3):Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Lead (level 4):Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+4 years' related work experience, Master+7 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Lead (level 5):Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD+9 years' related work experience, Master+12 years' related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation: 

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range:

Experienced (level 3):  104,550 – 141,450

Lead (level 4):  128,350 – 173,650

Lead (level 5):  157,250 – 212,750

Applications for this position will be accepted until May 7, 2024.


Export Control Requirements: U.S. Government Export Control Status: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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