Lead Aircraft Telemetry Systems Engineer

BETA Technologies, Inc.; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU

PSU

Onsite healthcare in Vermont

Lunch provided

Flight lessons

Parental leave

Job summary

BETA Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Lead Telemetry System Engineer to own the design, integration, release, and lifecycle of aircraft telemetry and flight-test data-collection systems.

You will bridge hardware, software, networking, and certification processes in a hands-on leadership role. Qualified applicants will have a strong background in electrical/ avionics hardware, Linux-based systems, and data acquisition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent hands‑on work experience.
• 4+ years of experience in aircraft systems, telemetry, instrumentation, data acquisition, avionics, embedded systems, RF communications, test systems, or comparable complex hardware environments.
• Experience integrating electrical hardware, sensors, data interfaces, networking, and computing systems into a complete product or test system.
• Experience creating technical documentation such as system architectures, requirements, interface documents, design documentation, or test plans.
• Familiarity with Linux-based systems, Ethernet/IP networking, and distributed hardware/software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, integration, and release of aircraft telemetry and flight-test data-collection systems.
• Own the aircraft-installed hardware, including instrumentation interfaces, power, wiring and harnessing, connectors, onboard computing, communications, and aircraft integration.
• Develop controlled system documentation, requirements, interface definitions, installation instructions, and configuration baselines from existing designs and working systems.
• Lead verification, validation, qualification, and release activities for test equipment and supporting software in accordance with BETA development and assurance processes.
• Partner with Flight Test, Certification, Software, Systems Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Program Management to deliver reliable, repeatable telemetry capability.
• Support aircraft installation, ground checkout, flight-test operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of the system.

Skills

Telemetry systems

RF communications

Embedded systems

Linux networking

System integration

Airframe integration

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer/Systems/Aerospace Eng

Tools

Starlink

Grafana

CAN

Ethernet

Job description

BETA Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Lead Telemetry System Engineer to own the design, integration, release, and lifecycle of aircraft telemetry and flight-test data-collection systems.

You will bridge hardware, software, networking, and certification processes in a hands-on leadership role. Qualified applicants will have a strong background in electrical/ avionics hardware, Linux-based systems, and data acquisition.