Radiation Effects Staff Engineer - Bloomington, MN 55425, United States
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Radiation Effects Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership in developing, qualifying, and deploying radiation-hardened semiconductor technologies, serving as a subject-matter expert for internal teams and external customers.
What you'll do
- Serve as SkyWater's technical authority for radiation environments, radiation effects, test methods, and mitigation strategies.
- Lead the development and implementation of radiation-hardness-by-process (RHBP) and radiation-hardness-by-design (RHBD) solutions for semiconductor devices, circuits, IP, and technology platforms.
- Provide expertise in total ionizing dose (TID), enhanced low-dose-rate sensitivity (ELDRS), displacement damage, and single-event effects (SEU, SET, SEL, SEB, SEGR).
- Develop and lead radiation test campaigns using X-ray, gamma-ray, proton, neutron, and heavy-ion sources.
- Analyze radiation-induced degradation and identify underlying device, circuit, or process failure mechanisms.
- Develop radiation-hardness-assurance and qualification strategies consistent with military, aerospace, JEDEC, and customer requirements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Eight or more years of relevant semiconductor experience, including at least five years of direct radiation-effects, RHBP, RHBD, or radiation-hardness-assurance experience.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor-device physics, CMOS technologies, radiation-induced failure mechanisms, and reliability.
- Demonstrated experience planning, executing, and analyzing radiation test campaigns.
- Experience with TID and SEE testing and familiarity with proton, neutron, or displacement-damage testing.
- Knowledge of radiation-hardness qualification, QML requirements, and MIL-PRF-38535.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with device-level radiation-effects modeling using TCAD, compact models, or circuit-level simulation.
- Experience developing or qualifying radiation-hardened bulk CMOS or SOI technologies.
- Working knowledge of MIL-STD-883 radiation test methods, JESD57, QML-V, and radiation-hardness-assurance planning.
- Experience with laboratory automation, statistical analysis, and data-analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, or JMP.
- Record of technical leadership demonstrated through publications, patents, customer programs, or successful technology qualifications.
Skills: radiation-hardness, radiation effects, TID, SEE, MIL-PRF-38535, semiconductor-device physics
This role has been open 22 days — well below the 53-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
425
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$153k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SkyWater Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (425 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 425 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 78 | 9874 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 54 d | 53 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $153k |
Skills observed across this category: radiation-hardness, radiation effects, TID, SEE, MIL-PRF-38535, semiconductor-device physics
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 75 open roles · median 134 d
- Infineon Technologies · 31 open roles · median 44 d
- Renesas Electronics · 22 open roles · median 38 d
- STMicroelectronics · 19 open roles · median 24 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 53 d
- Applied Materials · 17 open roles · median 72 d
How we counted: 425 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.