Radiation Shielding MAIT Engineer

EmTDLab Job ID: EMTD-JD-MAIT0825

Position Title: Radiation Shielding MAIT Engineer

Reports To: CTO & Project Manager

Location: Belval, Luxembourg

Duration: Full-time,

Employment Type: open-ended contract, with opportunities for extension based on

project performance and company growth

THE POSITION

EmTDLab Space Division is seeking a skilled Radiation Shielding Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration, and Testing (MAIT) Engineer to support the development and validation of radiation-shielded enclosures for satellite electronics. This role focuses on advancing radiation shielding technologies for space applications, ensuring protection against various radiation types (e.g., protons, ions, electrons, neutrons, gamma rays, and electromagnetic interference) while meeting thermal and mechanical performance requirements. The engineer will lead MAIT activities, collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners, and ensure compliance with industry standards such as ECSS for space hardware qualification. This position plays a key role in achieving high technology readiness levels through rigorous manufacturing oversight, assembly, integration, and testing.

WHAT WE OFFER

You will be a key member of the Department RAD Team and will report to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). EmTDLab company approach is to be a no-nonsense organisation with a highly systematic approach to research, development, and engineering. Also, without challenging the status quo or without sometimes being a contrarian, EmTDLab would have never been born.

EmTDLab promotes a work culture driven by technical excellence, transparency, integrity, respect, and humour. We encourage diversity in backgrounds. Your appetite for creativity, innovation, intellectual curiosity will be satisfied daily. Being convinced that cross-functional collaboration is a key success factor, the human capital development policy is not to assign you in a fixed role but to encourage personal development. We are an open-door policy company where team communication is considered as critical for success.

We work according to flexible organisational principles with respect to work location, working hours and contractual agreements. We expect that each team member fulfils both her/ his professional and personal objectives as a part of the company’s objective. We although expect that we all work as professionals and that we all respect common sense business logic, commonly agreed research practices, quality assurance and quality control.

We offer a competitive remuneration package in line with the market, including yearly bonuses and training opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic space tech environment.  You’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities and collaboration with leading experts in radiation engineering. Your work will contribute to high-impact projects advancing space exploration.

The working environment is highly stimulating and offers a variety of work setting configuration: open office, shared co-working space, individual working booths, meeting rooms. Competitive salary and benefits package.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manufacturing Oversight:

• Lead the fabrication of prototypes using additive manufacturing techniques such as laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) and post-processing methods (e.g., hot isostatic pressing, CNC machining).

• Ensure manufacturing quality, including dimensional accuracy, material uniformity, low porosity, and adherence to powder and process standards.

• Supervise quality assurance through non-destructive testing (NDT), inspections (e.g., X-ray, ultrasonic), and process controls to minimize defects.

Assembly and Integration:

• Oversee the assembly of multilayer enclosures with optimized materials, ensuring flexibility in design and compatibility with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics or sensors.

• Coordinate integration with electronic components, validating electromagnetic shielding and thermal management under simulated space conditions.

Testing and Validation:

• Supervise testing programs to validate radiation shielding effectiveness, mechanical stability (e.g., vibration, shock, structural strength), and thermal performance (e.g., cycling, conductivity, coefficient of thermal expansion).

• Optimize for mass efficiency and quantify performance metrics to support design iterations and trade-off analyses.

• Ensure testing addresses simulation limitations through physical validation and error margin assessment.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborate with subcontractors for manufacturing and testing, as well as with internal teams including materials engineers, computational scientists, hardware engineers, and radiation specialists.

• Participate in design reviews to align MAIT processes with project requirements and technology maturation goals.

Deliverable Preparation:

• Contribute to technical reports, prototypes, and certification documentation, ensuring compliance with quantitative targets and standards.

Risk Management:

• Identify and mitigate MAIT-related risks through quality protocols, team coordination, and expert input.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years in MAIT for aerospace or high-reliability systems, with emphasis on radiation shielding or space hardware.

• Proven expertise in additive manufacturing (e.g., L-PBF), assembly of complex structures, electronics integration, and testing for radiation, mechanical, and thermal properties.

• Familiarity with space standards (e.g., ECSS for verification and technology readiness).

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in MAIT processes for shielded components, including parameter optimization, NDT, and post-processing.

• Experience with testing for radiation effects, mechanical loads, and thermal environments.

• Knowledge of finite element analysis (FEA) for manufacturability and integration validation.

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and collaboration abilities to manage teams, subcontractors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Effective management of schedules in fast-paced, timeline-driven environments.

PREFERRED QUALIFICAIONS

Experience:

• 5+ years in MAIT for space hardware, particularly satellite enclosures or radiation shielding in low Earth orbit (LEO) missions.

• Prior involvement with space agencies or projects demonstrating compliance with qualification standards.

• Experience in trade-off analyses for materials and applications.

Technical Skills:

• Expertise in additive manufacturing for multilayer materials and its effects on radiation, thermal, and mechanical properties.

• Proficiency in simulation tools (e.g., Geant4, ANSYS) to correlate MAIT results with predictions.

• Familiarity with electronic integration, including dielectric properties and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing.

Certifications:

• Certification in additive manufacturing, materials engineering, or aerospace MAIT standards.

Key Competencies

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of MAIT for radiation shielding, ensuring adherence to performance requirements.

• Leadership: Ability to oversee activities and coordinate with teams to meet maturation objectives.

• Analytical Thinking: Skill in addressing simulation gaps through testing, analysis, and optimization.

• Collaboration: Strong teamwork with engineers, scientists, and partners to integrate feedback.

• Project Management: Organizational skills to deliver outputs on time.

• Innovation: Capacity to enhance processes for broader applications in aerospace and related fields.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please send an up-to-date resume to jointheteam@emtdlab.com coupled with a short introduction letter highlighting your relevant experience in radiation effects on space electronics.

The name of at least two references (MSc-PhD supervisors/current employers).

Diploma & copies of educational certificates will be asked during the process. Additional publications, non-confidential papers and previous technical use cases are welcomed and will be considered in the evaluation process. A short-list of candidates will be made, who will be contacted for a first interview over videoconferencing.

Three rounds of interviews will take place in total either through videoconferencing or face-to-face.

It is the policy of EmTDLab to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, health status, genetic information, or any other basis, protected by data privacy, institutional policy or by state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.