Electric Aircraft Stability & Controls Engineer

BETA Technologies, Inc.; Burlington (NC); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs/PSUs

Onsite healthcare

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Daily lunch

Flight lessons

Job summary

BETA Technologies, Inc. seeks a Stability and Controls Engineer to develop models, requirements, and test methods ensuring controllable, maneuverable, and safe fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft across the flight envelope.

You will collaborate with Flight Sciences, Flight Controls, Flight Test, Systems Engineering, and Certification to drive design decisions using simulation, wind-tunnel, and flight-test data. 3–5 years’ relevant experience required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in aircraft stability and control, flight dynamics, handling qualities, flight controls, or related analysis and test disciplines.
• Understanding of stability/derivatives, handling qualities, and flight-dynamics analysis.
• Experience developing or using aerodynamic, flight-dynamics, and control-system simulation models.
• Experience planning, executing, or analyzing wind-tunnel, laboratory simulation, and/or flight-test activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curiosity and ability to apply new analysis and test approaches.

Responsibilities

• Develop stability, controllability, maneuverability, and handling-qualities requirements for normal and failure conditions.
• Perform preliminary control-surface layout and sizing to meet controllability targets.
• Develop and maintain aerodynamic and flight-dynamics simulation models.
• Apply handling-qualities criteria to control-law design and fly-by-wire systems.
• Conduct analyses to verify performance against design and certification requirements.
• Plan and support wind-tunnel, lab, and flight-test campaigns.
• Analyze flight-test data and update models and requirements accordingly.
• Collaborate with teams to define test events and validate models across the flight envelope.
• Support safety and certification activities in line with FAA requirements.
• Work with multiple systems teams to identify design and process improvements.

Skills

Stability & control

Flight dynamics

Handling qualities

Flight controls

MATLAB

Python

Data analysis

Wind-tunnel/tests

Technical writing

Curiosity

Education

B.S. in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Data analysis tools

Job description

BETA Technologies, Inc. seeks a Stability and Controls Engineer to develop models, requirements, and test methods ensuring controllable, maneuverable, and safe fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft across the flight envelope.

You will collaborate with Flight Sciences, Flight Controls, Flight Test, Systems Engineering, and Certification to drive design decisions using simulation, wind-tunnel, and flight-test data. 3–5 years’ relevant experience required.