Structural Engineer, Propulsion BETA Technologies

CDFAM; Burlington (VT); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

RSUs & PSUs

Onsite health care (VT)

Medical coverage

Dental & vision

Disability coverage

Parental leave

Lunch provided

Flight lessons

Descripción de la vacante

BETA Technologies is seeking a Propulsion Structural Engineer in Vermont to develop propulsion system components from concept to certified product. You will optimize designs for weight, performance, and robustness, document analyses, and define test plans for engine tests on stand or aircraft.

Join a fast-paced team that values collaboration with design, systems, and certification groups to ensure certifiability and efficient product realization.

Formación

• Minimum 2 years experience in mechanical structure analysis.
• Experience in FEA (ANSYS workbench preferred).
• Methodical, rigorous and efficient.
• Ability to guide design team to optimize structure.
• Ability to understand structure and loads, static and dynamic.
• Good team, communication and leadership skills required.
• Catia 3DX or equivalent.
• Experience with tolerancing requirements.
• Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Assess, understand and challenge boundary conditions from interfacing groups
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to ensure product integrity at minimum weight
• Document analyses for internal reviews and certification purposes
• Evaluate need for and define requirements for coupon / specimen or bench test to support validation and verification of structure
• Support definition of test plans for full engine tests on test stand or on aircraft to verify analyses
• Collaborate with design to ensure the most efficient products are defined
• Collaborate with the systems and certification team to ensure certifiability of products

Conocimientos

FEA (ANSYS)

Structural analysis

Rotordynamics

Modal analysis

Catia 3DX

Tolerancing

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Herramientas

ANSYS Workbench

Descripción del empleo

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 Propulsion Structural Engineer will contribute to the development of propulsion system components used in the motors and inverters, from a blank page to a certified product. The Structural Engineer will help optimize the designs to meet performance requirements, minimize weight and maximize robustness. Documenting the analyses, validating the boundary conditions and results by developing test plans and analyzing test data and correlating to the predictions is a key responsibility for this position. Not only do we design, analyze, build and test the motors and inverters, we also develop manufacturing tooling and validation equipment such as propeller stands, dynos, bench top test rigs. Our design to validation cycle is extremely rapid and we own it all. If you love to influence design, analyze, build, test and validate your ideas at a fast pace, you’ll be happy at BETA.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

• Assess, understand and challenge boundary conditions from interfacing groups
• Perform hand calculations and FEA to ensure product integrity at minimum weight
• Document analyses for internal reviews and certification purposes
• Evaluate need for and define requirements for coupon / specimen or bench test to support validation and verification of structure
• Support definition of test plans for full engine tests on test stand or on aircraft to verify analyses
• Collaborate with design to ensure the most efficient products are defined
• Collaborate with the systems and certification team to ensure certifiability of products

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years experience in mechanical structure analysis: static structure, bolted joints, fatigue, rotordynamics, modal.
• Experience in FEA (ANSYS workbench preferred)
• Methodical, rigorous and efficient
• Ability to guide design team to optimize structure
• Ability to understand structure and loads, static and dynamic
• Good team, communication and leadership skills required. Ability to work with minimal supervision and identify strategies to remove roadblocks is paramount. Mental flexibility and the ability to change direction based on new information is an absolute must in our fast paced environment
• Catia 3DX or equivalent
• Experience with tolerancing requirements
• Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines

Above and Beyond Qualifications:

• Ability to iterate mechanical designs to reduce mass and improve robustness.
• Strong knowledge of vibration
• Experience with rotating machinery
• Experience with electrical motors, inverters

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

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

$90,000 — $120,000 USD

Build electric airplanes with us!

BETA offers a competitive Total Compensation package designed to support you now and as you grow with us.

• Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units for all full-time team members
• Onsite healthcare in Vermont
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Dental and vision
• Short- and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Daily lunch provided
• Flight lessons
• Additional perks that make work here genuinely rewarding.

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 and 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.