Quality Assurance Engineer

a.i. solutions is seeking a self-starter, energetic engineer willing to learn and develop into an experienced Radiation Effects Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Quality, Safety and Mission Assurance (QS) Directorate providing Quality and Mission Assurance support.  This position is also part of a new initiative to establish an Electronics Radiation Effects Testing team supporting internal and external laboratories and program test events. This development should result in improved Nuclear Radiation and Survivability support as part of the mission at MDA/QS.  This is the first position growing this capability, therefore immediate impacts to the radiation effects test team and onsite lab are expected to increase capability to perform radiation environments engineering, test, and analysis across the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. 

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering, radiation effects, quality and mission assurance support within the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS); specifically, within the QSR Program Office. 
• Provide a basic understanding and analysis of radiation environments; including the natural orbital trapped particle environments, the natural Interplanetary environment, transient environments (solar events, coronal mass ejection, space weather, etc.), support models for energetic particle environments, and transport of radiation environments including, geomagnetic shielding, and analysis of spacecraft shielding (e.g., FastRAD, Space Radiation).
• Perform System design support for Single Event Effects (SEE) and Mission Integrated Dose (Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Displacement Damage Dose (DDD); including development and flow-down of design requirements, analysis of single event effects on system performance, including ad-hoc functional analysis and assessment of system availability.
• Provide weekly status reports on activities and issues of concern.
• Travel periodically, approximately once every quarter, especially to external test facilities
• Position is located at MDA on Redstone Arsenal at MDA facility, with expectation to work onsite in both office setting and in laboratory setting.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Professional engineering from a school of engineering Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, Inc. in engineering (ABET) accredited as professional engineering curriculum
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in an engineering field.
• Experience in communicating and reporting shall include review findings for compliance with and changes to the system test documents.
• Security Clearance requirements: Secret OR the ability to obtain prior to start

MAKE A MOVE, MAKE AN IMPACT.

a.i. solutions was founded over 30 years ago with a mission to MAKE AN IMPACT by exceeding expectations. A move to our team means using your passion and ingenuity to MAKE AN IMPACT through innovations, defending national security, and enabling access to space. MAKE A MOVE, to join a team driven by a shared ambition, and rewarded for individual contributions.

BENEFITS THAT MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Salary ranges from $72,000 to $97,000/year depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
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• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Safe Harbor Plan, we contribute on Day #1
• Paid Parental leave for Mom & Dad
• Company Paid Life/AD&D
• Tuition Assistance
• Wellness plans that reward wellbeing & work life harmony