# Radiation Test Engineer

Hiring organization: [Astranis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/astranis)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/25dd6d15-bd8d-4290-a115-45de7b67f25b

Listed on Astranis's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Salary: 120000 – 145000 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves designing and testing electronics that can withstand the intense radiation environment of high-orbit satellites, working hands-on to validate components and develop fault-tolerant systems for Astranis's spacecraft. It's suited for engineers with a background in electrical, nuclear, or physics who want to apply their expertise directly to space hardware.

_Our summary, not Astranis's wording._

## Skills named

Altium Designer, SolidWorks

## Required

- Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent
- Experience with electrical design
- Experience designing and testing for radiation effects
- Experience testing analog and digital circuits
- Experience with fault-tolerant high-reliability systems
- US Citizenship or Green Card

## Nice to have

- Experience with space or high-radiation environment electrical design
- Knowledge of Geostationary radiation environment (TID, SEE, DDD)
- Experience running tests at radiation labs
- Experience designing dosimeter circuits
- ECAD and MCAD proficiency (Altium, Solidworks)

Apply on Astranis's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/astranis/jobs/4681164006