Nuclear Survivability Engineer - Ionizing Radiation

About the job Nuclear Survivability Engineer - Ionizing Radiation
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A LATA client has an opening for several Systems Engineers - Nuclear Survivability (NH&S) to join their team of qualified, diverse individuals. These positions will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

The NH&S Engineers will have a unique opportunity to support design and mitigation strategies to develop and field a survivable system with operational requirements involving the following nuclear threat environments Electromagnetic Pulse, Ionizing Radiation, Thermal Radiation, Air-Blast and Radiological exposure.

• Category Engineering
• Location Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
• Clearance Type Top Secret
• Telecommute No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift Not Applicable (United States of America)
• Travel Required Yes, 20% of the Time
• Relocation Assistance Relocation assistance may be available

This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.The candidate will be an integral contributor throughout the Engineering & Manufacturing Design and Production & Deployment phases of the program providing domain specific expertise including, but not limited to, the following

• Development of all nuclear hardness system level design, including system level analysis and testing in support of the acquisition life cycle.
• Generating weapon system design criteria supported by design analysis, modeling & simulation, equipment and system-level trade studies, system integration, piece-part, component, equipment, and system test artifacts.
• Developing system-level NH&S Design Analysis Reports (DAR) and nuclear hardness system test plans and reports documenting equipment compliance and weapon system certification.
• Preparing and presenting Nuclear Survivability engineering artifacts supporting requirements compliance and weapon system performance traceability throughout Design Reviews.
• Lead and execute the analysis and/or evaluation/validation of components, equipment, subsystems, or weapon system analytical models and actual system implementation for weapons compliance to operationally relevant nuclear threat environments.

Domain Specific Responsibilities/Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and resulting Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE) of DoD and commercial systems.
• Technical planning, specification requirements derivation, test and analysis, design, planning and execution, documentation, and requirements/validation supporting overall system compliance.
• Experience with electrical circuit rad-hard design including piece-part screening, analysis, modeling, and test of component and systems for radiation environment compliance i.e. prompt dose rate, total ionizing dose, neutron displacement damage, neutron induced upset, single event effects.
• Experience with electrical circuit and/or system level design and test.
• Knowledge of Circumvention & Recovery techniques for component, circuit, equipment subsystems compliance and weapon system level probabilistic performance assessments during pre/trans and post nuclear weapon environment exposure.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with rad-hard requirements and design mitigation strategies.
• Experience working with other Federal agencies, industry, National and/or Service Laboratories & Test facilities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 9 years of experience OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of experience OR a Doctorate in a STEM discipline and four years of experience.
• Must have a DoD Secret to apply with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience working in the specified NH&S domain.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nuclear Command, Control & Communication weapon system survivability design experience
• Analysis experience with radiation environments including man-made and natural space environment.
• Analysis experience in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Testability (RAMT) including probabilistic risk assessment as applicable to semiconductor TREE susceptibilities.
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following standards and handbooks DODI 3150.09, MIL-STD-1766, AFWL-TR-86-26, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-3023, MIL-STD-2169, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, MIL-B-5087, DNA-2048H-1, DNA-2048H-1, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-750, JEDEC JESD89, MIL-HDBK-814, MIL-HDBK-815, MIL-HDBK-816, MIL-HDBK-817, MIL-HDBK-279, MIL-HDBK-280, IEC 62396-1/-5, SAE AIR6219, MIL-STD-3054
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following engineering software/tools COMSOL, ANSYS, CST, FEKO, Cadence/Spice, Mathworks MATLAB, PTC MathCad, Wolfram Mathematica, NX, Siemens Teamcenter, Visio

USD $105,432.00 - USD $189,768.00 /Yr.