Stress Engineer — Advanced Concepts (Hybrid/Remote)

BETA Technologies, Inc.; Burlington, Northern (VT, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flight lessons

RSUs/PSUs

Onsite healthcare (VT)

Lunch provided

Paid parental leave

Job summary

BETA Technologies, Inc. in South Burlington, VT (onsite) and Raleigh, NC offices is seeking a Stress Engineer to own structural analysis methods, sizing substantiation, and independent design validation for aircraft development.

Hybrid options may be considered with periodic visits to Vermont. You'll produce analysis plans, FEMs, and margin summaries, coordinate with Structures Design, Loads, Dynamics, and Composites, and document assumptions in configuration-controlled records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, or related engineering; 0–3 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of statics, mechanics of materials, structural load paths, stress/strain, margins of safety, and linear FEA.
• Experience with NASTRAN/FEMAP/Patran/Abaqus/ANSYS/HyperMesh or equivalent.
• Ability to communicate technical assumptions and work across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Performs global and local analysis, defines allowables and margins, evaluates joints and stability, and documents assumptions and limitations
• Coordinate with Structures Design; Loads; Dynamics; M&P; Composites
• Produce and maintain Analysis plans; FEMs; sizing reports; margin summaries; risk items
• Support the Program Director / Chief Engineer by providing independent evidence that design load paths and sizing are credible
• Document assumptions, interfaces, decisions, risks, and verification needs in configuration-controlled engineering records
• Communicate status, unresolved issues, and recommended actions clearly in technical and program reviews

Skills

Statics

Mechanics of materials

Structural load paths

Stress/strain

Finite element analysis

NASTRAN

FEMAP

Patran

Abaqus

ANSYS

HyperMesh

Cross-disciplinary communication

Education

Bachelors in aerospace

ABET-accredited engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

FEMAP

Patran

Abaqus

ANSYS

HyperMesh

Job description

BETA Technologies, Inc. in South Burlington, VT (onsite) and Raleigh, NC offices is seeking a Stress Engineer to own structural analysis methods, sizing substantiation, and independent design validation for aircraft development.

Hybrid options may be considered with periodic visits to Vermont. You'll produce analysis plans, FEMs, and margin summaries, coordinate with Structures Design, Loads, Dynamics, and Composites, and document assumptions in configuration-controlled records.