Radiation Effects Engineer

The role

You will qualify, implement, and ensure the reliability of satellite avionics hardware in radiation environments. You will develop radiation test setups, execute tests at national labs, and analyze results to inform hardware designers and mission planners.

What you will do

• Execute cradle-to-grave radiation test campaigns through coordinating facilities, designing setups, writing procedures, executing tests, and documenting results
• Design, fabricate, and assemble production quality test racks, test PCBAs, and cable harnesses
• Troubleshoot, repair, and modify electronic components, assemblies, parts, and systems
• Perform tests and checkouts using standard lab equipment
• Develop basic test automation, data collection and analysis scripts in Python
• Own the scheduling and prioritization of component, board and subsystem radiation testing
• Flash firmware and perform software load verifications

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related science, technology, engineering field or 3+ years of experience assembling, integrating, and testing electrical components, assemblies and/or ha
• 1+ years of experience with radiation effects testing, including TID and SEE testing using proton, heavy ion, gamma, neutron, or other radiation sources
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
• Experience conducting electrical measurements and characterizing signals using standard lab equipment
• Must be available to travel up to 25% of the year to support radiation tests
• Valid Driver's license

Nice to have

• Familiarity with designing circuits and setups around common components such as transistors, regulators, digital/analog components and RF devices
• Strong fundamentals of radiation effects in semiconductor devices, including how to mitigate common failure modes
• Demonstrated ability in soldering and crimping as well as assembling cable harnesses and connectors
• Demonstrated ability to document work clearly and follow structured test processes
• Familiarity with FPGA or microcontroller-based test systems
• Experience designing, building, and testing electrical assemblies, fixtures and test racks
• Experience designing PCBs using common EDA tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad, OrCAD)
• Ability to create, read, review, and redline electrical and test rack schematics
• Experience developing modular, reusable test automation software and drivers in Linux, C++, Rust, Python, Visual Studio, etc.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and attention to detail

Benefits

• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision coverage
• life insurance
• paid parental leave
• many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.