BETA TECHNOLOGIES · 3 months ago
Mechanical Design Engineer | Propulsion
South Burlington, VT
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$90K/yr - $118K/yrBETA Technologies is dedicated to revolutionizing electric aviation through innovation and sustainability. The Propulsion Mechanical Design Engineer will play a crucial role in developing propulsion system components, overseeing the design, analysis, and testing of motors and inverters, while collaborating with various teams to ensure product manufacturability and certifiability.
AerospaceAir TransportationBatteryMachinery ManufacturingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Design products with CATIA, create drawings and manage BOMs
Perform hand calculations and or FEA to ensure product integrity at minimum weight
Develop and build prototypes and run experiments to inform future designs
Collaborate with internal and external fabricators and the supply chain team to see parts through manufacturing
Develop scalable manufacturing processes in parallel with product design
Collaborate with the manufacturing team to bring products to production
Collaborate with the systems and certification team to ensure certifiability of products
Qualification
Required
Experience in mechanical design: Internships and other projects absolutely count
Ability to design parts that are lightweight, strong and manufacturable, with a demonstrated track record (seeing your portfolio of great designs will get us excited)
Mastery of 3D CAD (Catia preferred or Solidworks or NX)
Experience with Ansys or equivalent FEA software
Experience making drawings with pragmatic GD&T
Experience with prototype testing
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
Google G -Suite including drive, mail, calendar, docs, sheets, slides, charts, hangouts; slack, application lifecycle
Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines
Preferred
Experience in FEA (ANSYS preferred)
Experience in CFD (Solidworks Flow Sim or FloEFD preferred)
GD&T master
Matlab (data analysis, AppDesigner for GUIs)
Strong knowledge of vibration
Experience with rotating machinery
Experience with electrical motors, inverters
Experience with controls of Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (SPMSM)
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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