Lead Telemetry System Engineer, Low Voltage

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

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite healthcare

Medical coverage

Dental and vision

Paid parental leave

Daily lunch provided

Flight lessons

RSUs / PSUs

Job summary

The Lead Telemetry System Engineer at BETA Technologies leads the design, integration, and release of aircraft telemetry and flight-test data-collection systems. You will bridge hardware, software, and communication links across onboard and ground systems.

You will own the aircraft-installed hardware, develop documentation, and guide verification and certification activities while working closely with Flight Test, Software, and Systems Engineering teams to deliver reliable telemetry for

Qualifications

• 4+ years in aircraft systems, telemetry, instrumentation, or avionics.
• Experience integrating electrical hardware, sensors, and networks into a full product or test system.
• Experience creating system architectures, requirements, interface docs, or test plans.
• Familiarity with Linux-based systems, Ethernet/IP networking, and distributed hardware/software.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, integration, and release of telemetry and data-collection systems.
• Own aircraft-installed hardware including interfaces, power, wiring, and onboard computing.
• Develop documentation, requirements, interface definitions, and configuration baselines.
• Lead verification, validation, and release activities per development processes.
• Collaborate with Flight Test, Certification, Software, and other teams to deliver telemetry.
• Support installation, ground checkout, and flight-test operations.

Skills

RF communications

Embedded systems

Data acquisition

Linux-based systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Polarion

3DX/Teamcenter

GitLab

Jira

Job description

Lead Telemetry System Engineer, Low Voltage

At BETA Technologies, we apply our intellectual curiosity, passion for aviation, and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds, each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing, vibrant, and inclusive culture.

The Lead Telemetry System Engineer owns the design, integration, release, and lifecycle of BETA’s aircraft telemetry and flight-test data-collection systems. This person leads the hardware and system architecture installed on the aircraft, connecting onboard instrumentation and data acquisition with communications links, onboard computing, ground stations, data display, and post-flight analysis tools. They will turn an existing, working set of in-house hardware, system diagrams, configurations, and test infrastructure into a scalable, documented, validated, and officially released system. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for an engineer who can bridge aircraft hardware design, systems engineering, flight test, software, networking, and compliance. It includes both scrappy R&D work for early concept aircraft and detailed design and documentation for certification flight test.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

• 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.

Minimum 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.

Above and Beyond Qualifications:

• Experience with aircraft flight-test telemetry, instrumentation, airborne data acquisition, ground stations, or RF communications systems.
• Experience with in‑house data‑acquisition hardware, Starlink, Silvus radios, IADS, Grafana, CAN, Ethernet, or high‑rate data-recording systems.
• Experience with aircraft electrical installations, installation drawings, harness design, and environmental qualification.
• Familiarity with aerospace development, verification, validation, configuration management, and certification-oriented processes.
• Experience with Polarion, 3DX/Teamcenter, GitLab, Jira, or similar engineering lifecycle tools.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Work location is on‑site in South Burlington, Vermont
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• This position will include occasional work around aircraft and the production line to support integration, troubleshooting, testing, and design validation.

The wage listed here reflects our best faith estimate for this role. We pay competitively and base compensation on a variety of factors including skills, experience, industry background, and the evolving needs of the role. We remain committed to fair and equitable pay and we're happy to discuss during the interview process.

Compensation

$130,000 - $175,000 USD

Build electric airplanes with us!

BETA offers a competitive Total Compensation package designed to support you now and as you grow with us. This role includes both Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units for all full‑time team members, so everyone shares in our success. You’ll have access to onsite healthcare in Vermont, comprehensive medical coverage, dental and vision, short‑and long‑term disability, and paid parental leave. We also take care of the everyday details with daily lunch provided, and yes—flight lessons are part of the experience, along with a range of additional perks that make work here genuinely rewarding.

We encourage all driven candidates to apply, even if they do not meet every listed qualification.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. BETA complies with all applicable federal, state and local non-discrimination laws and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our workplace.

Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. BETA Technologies participates in E-Verify.

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As set forth in BETA Technologies’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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