BETA TECHNOLOGIES · 5 months ago
Cooling Engineer | Propulsion
South Burlington, VT
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$110K/yr - $150K/yrBETA Technologies is committed to revolutionizing electric aviation through innovation and sustainability. The Propulsion Cooling Engineer will develop cooling solutions for Electric Propulsion units, optimizing designs to meet performance requirements and validating results through testing and analysis.
AerospaceAir TransportationBatteryMachinery ManufacturingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Assess, understand and challenge boundary conditions from interfacing groups
Perform hand calcs, physics based simulations and CFD to ensure thermal objectives are met
Document analyses for internal reviews and certification purposes
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
Qualification
Required
Ability to guide the design team in optimizing the cooling flowpath and performing trades on mechanical architecture to improve flow
Ability to improve the design and come up with innovative, pragmatic and manufacturable solutions based on CFD results
Ability to loft complex surfaces using CAD (Catia or equivalent)
Ability to use meanline software (Bladegen, Vista or similar) to design efficient airfoils for air cooling fans, impellers, vanes, sized for the EPU conditions
Ability to perform conjugate heat transfer simulations (preferably with matlab) to simulate thermal performance while sizing new systems. These simulations are informed by existing test data, extrapolations and physics based models developed by the cooling engineer
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
Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines
Google G -Suite including drive, mail, calendar, docs, sheets, slides, charts, hangouts; slack, application lifecycle
Preferred
Experience with CFD package (FloEFD, Fluent, etc)
Experience with air cooling rotating machinery
Experience with electrical motors, inverters
Company
BETA TECHNOLOGIES
Beta Technologies builds electric VTOL and CTOL aircraft, charging systems, and training programs focused on operational simplicity.
Founded in 2017
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.98BKey Investors
GE AerospaceState of MichiganQatar Investment Authority
2025-11-04IPO
2025-09-04Series C· $467.9M
2025-08-28Grant· $2.6M
Leadership Team
Blain Newton
Chief Information Officer
Kyle Clark
Team Member
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