Radiation Effects Scientist

Radiation Effects Scientist

Scientist, Journeyman

Eglin AFB, Florida

Niceville, Florida

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently seeking a Radiation Effects Scientist to support the Nuclear Weapons Acquisition Division, AFNWC/NDB. This Division is responsible for developing, testing, and producing systems and components related to nuclear strategic weapon systems for our nation's warfighters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the LRSO Program Chief Engineer in the assessment of contractor conducted System Engineering Technical Review and Knowledge Point reviews.
• Perform engineering tasks, research, studies, and analyses that provide engineering and technical assessments for the program office's problem definition, requirement development, plus system analyses of the offeror's approach to mitigate, harden, and test the LRSO CM against ionizing radiation effects to include High-altitude Electro-Magnetic Pulse (HEMP).
• Conduct and support all engineering and technical activities required during the technology maturation and risk reduction plus the engineering, manufacture, and design acquisition phases.
• Evaluate potential radiation simulation errors that might generate false test conclusions.
• Participate in and support the trade studies activities associated with the system architecture design, providing the LRSO chief engineer assessments of the strengths and weaknesses of candidate architectures to radiation effects.
• Assess contractor's proposed radiation test plans for both radiation simulation fidelity and appropriateness of test conditions to assure a complete and conservative result.
• Travel to various radiation test facilities as required and participate/witness contractor's radiation tests of piece-parts, sub-assemblies, and larger levels of integration.
• Support radiation testing for total ionizing dose, dose rate and neutron effects (damage and single event effects).
• Assess planned radiation test data capture for fidelity and completeness of hardness conclusions.
• Review contractor's radiation test analyses for appropriate statistical treatment to meet program requirements of probability of success with a given confidence.
• Review contractor's worst case circuit analyses for assessment of radiation failure levels and design margins.

Education and Experience Requirement

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of professional experience; or
• Master's degree and three (3) years of professional experience

Must be a US Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance by date of hire.

Must be able to travel as required. (10%-25%)

COVID-19 Regulations: As a federal government contractor, HX5 complies with all customer, federal, state, and local requirements regarding COVID-19 regulations, including COVID-19 vaccinations and testing requirements. This means that our employees and new hires, whether working at a customer site, working remotely, or working in an HX5 facility, will need to adhere to applicable COVID-19 requirements. These requirements may include vaccination, attestations regarding your vaccination status and/or COVID-19 testing, and you may be required to show proof of vaccination and/or negative test results as a condition of your employment. Requests for an accommodation will be reviewed and assessed under applicable laws and regulations.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid holidays
• Accrued Paid Time Off

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please call (850) 362-6551.

CJ