Aerospace Computational Design Engineer (MDO/AI)

BETA TECHNOLOGIES; South Burlington (VT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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PSUs

Healthcare

Dental & Vision

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Lunch provided

Flight lessons

Job summary

BETA Technologies is seeking a Computational Design Engineer to connect generative methods and optimization with aircraft geometry and manufacturing constraints. The role supports aircraft development and builds reusable capability for Advanced Systems teams, based onsite in South Burlington, VT, with potential hybrid arrangements and occasional Raleigh presence.

You will work across Aerodynamics, Structures, Propulsion, Manufacturing, AI/ML, and Digital Engineering to create verified concepts,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems, aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Three or more years of relevant engineering or complex-product experience.
• Experience with requirements, interfaces, architecture, configuration, verification or multidisciplinary product integration.
• Ability to structure and maintain traceable technical information and drive cross-functional actions to closure.
• Working knowledge of aircraft development, safety, configuration control and design-review practices.

Responsibilities

• Build parametric geometry, design-space definitions, MDO workflows, surrogate models and automated solver loops.
• Verify generated concepts.
• Coordinate with Aerodynamics; Structures; Propulsion; Manufacturing; AI/ML; Digital Engineering.
• Produce and maintain Executable design workflow; trade-space results; verified concepts; method documentation.
• Support the Program Director / Chief Engineer by applying AI to wing-engine and broader configuration trades with engineering evidence.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in systems, aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

APIs

Engineering tools

Job description

BETA Technologies is seeking a Computational Design Engineer to connect generative methods and optimization with aircraft geometry and manufacturing constraints. The role supports aircraft development and builds reusable capability for Advanced Systems teams, based onsite in South Burlington, VT, with potential hybrid arrangements and occasional Raleigh presence.

You will work across Aerodynamics, Structures, Propulsion, Manufacturing, AI/ML, and Digital Engineering to create verified concepts,