Radiation Effects Engineer

As our Radiation Effects Engineer you will be responsible for analyzing and testing candidate electronics for our spacecraft. This position requires hands-on experience validating parts for radiation environments specific to aerospace.

Role

• Support the design of fault tolerant electrical systems for operating in a radiation environment
• Simulate and model the GTO and GEO radiation environments on PCBA designs
• Coordinate and run radiation testing campaigns to upscreen components
• Develop fault-tolerant systems & operations into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team
• Support other electrical design, bringup, and test activities
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent technical field
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Experience with electrical design
• Experience designing and testing for radiation effects
• Experience in testing analog and digital circuits
• Experience with fault-tolerant high reliability systems
• US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus

• Experience developing electrical designs in space or other high-radiation environments
• Experience with the Geostationary radiation environment (TID, SEE, DDD)
• Experience running tests at radiation labs
• Experience with designing dosimeter circuits
• ECAD + MCAD Experience (Altium, Solidworks)

Senior Radiation Effects Engineer

As our Senior Radiation Effects Engineer you will be responsible for characterization of radiation environments for our missions and testing analysis for our spacecraft.  This position requires hands-on experience validating parts for radiation environments specific to aerospace.

Role

• Design fault tolerant electrical systems for operating in a radiation environment
• Simulate and model the GTO and GEO radiation environments
• Coordinate and run radiation testing campaigns to upscreen components
• Work with the structures team to determine the proper shielding levels across the spacecraft
• Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team
• Support other electrical design, bringup, and test activities
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or equivalent technical field
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Experience with the Geostationary radiation environment (TID, SEE, DDD)
• Experience with designing for and testing for radiation effects
• Experience in testing analog and digital circuits
• Experience with high reliability systems
• US Citizenship or Green Card

Bonus

• Electromechanical design experience
• Experience running tests at radiation labs
• Experience with designing dosimeter circuits
• ECAD + MCAD Experience (Altium, Solidworks)

The Systems and Safety Engineering team at Kodiak is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to own the design and execution of Kodiak’s next-generation Autonomy Fault Management System.  This individual will lead the effort end-to-end: from product and system requirement definition, through architecture and implementation, to verification and validation, and safety case integration.  This leader will ensure that the Kodiak Driver handles onboard system faults with the desired, correct, safe response.  This role is central to progressing towards achieving a scalable driverless deployment and will work closely with autonomy hardware, software, and system safety teams.  

This role directly shapes Kodiak’s ability to operate sustainably at commercial scale. Fault management is not only a safety system—it is a primary lever of fleet availability, utilization, and cost per mile. You will own the technical strategies that determine when the system can continue operating safely, when it must degrade, and when it must exit service

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the end-to-end development of the next generation of Autonomy Fault Management System, leading the collaborative effort across hardware, software, system safety, and operations teams.
• Execute systems and safety engineering execution for fault management across the full V-model lifecycle.  
• Develop and maintain systems engineering artifacts, including requirements, traceability, V&V plans, V&V evidence.
• Support the definition of fault management architecture and concept of operations (detection, isolation, response, safe-state behavior).
• Contribute to generating evidence supporting the Fault Management System within the Driverless Safety Case.
• Perform analyses to support detection thresholds, hazard prioritization, and risk evaluation.
• Support system trade studies related to fault coverage, safety, and operational performance.
• Assist in defining strategies for degraded operation and system availability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align implementation with system requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• B.S., M.S., or PhD in engineering or related technical field.
• 2+ years experience within real-time safety-critical applications, preferably in highly automated or autonomous systems (autonomous vehicles, aerospace, nuclear, medical, etc).  
• Experience with fault management, diagnostics, and safe-state behaviors
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to read C/C++ code.
• Experienced in Systems Engineering V-model and application within product life cycle.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical stakeholders spanning multiple technical disciplines.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and  MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) 
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

The Systems and Safety Engineering team at Kodiak is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to own the design and execution of Kodiak’s next-generation Autonomy Fault Management System.  This individual will lead the effort end-to-end: from product and system requirement definition, through architecture and implementation, to verification and validation, and safety case integration.  This leader will ensure that the Kodiak Driver handles onboard system faults with the desired, correct, safe response.  This role is central to progressing towards achieving a scalable driverless deployment and will work closely with autonomy hardware, software, and system safety teams.  

This role directly shapes Kodiak’s ability to operate sustainably at commercial scale. Fault management is not only a safety system—it is a primary lever of fleet availability, utilization, and cost per mile. You will own the technical strategies that determine when the system can continue operating safely, when it must degrade, and when it must exit service

In this role, you will:

• Lead the end-to-end development of the next generation of Autonomy Fault Management System, leading the collaborative effort across hardware, software, system safety, and operations teams.
• Own the systems and safety engineering execution for fault management across the full V-model lifecycle.  
• Lead the development of systems engineering artifacts, including requirements, traceability, V&V plans, V&V evidence.
• Define and lead the fault management architecture and concept of operations, including detection, isolation, response, safe-state definition, and minimum risk conditions.
• Generate technical evidence in support of the adequacy, coverage, and sufficiency of the Fault Management System as an element of Kodiak’s Driverless Safety Case.
• Support quantitative and qualitative analyses used to set detection thresholds, prioritize hazards, and evaluate risk associated with fault responses and minimum risk maneuvers.
• Lead and influence system architecture trade studies that impact the fault coverage, system availability, safety risk, and operational continuity.
• Develop the strategy for managing system availability, degraded operation, and operational continuity through the Fault Management System.  
• Quantify the commercial and safety impact of false positive and false negative detections.
• Provide analysis to support complex autonomy system design trade-offs to inform system design decisions affecting safety and performance.
• Serve as the technical leader to align cross-functional teams around a unified fault management strategy.

What you’ll bring:

• B.S., M.S., or PhD in engineering or related technical field
• 5+ years experience within real-time safety-critical applications, preferably in highly automated or autonomous systems (autonomous vehicles, aerospace, nuclear, medical, etc).  
• Experience with fault management, diagnostic development, safe state identification and development
• Experience working with agile software engineering teams
• Ability to read C/C++ code
• Experienced in Systems Engineering V-model and application within product life cycle
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical stakeholders spanning multiple technical disciplines

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and  MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) 
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)