BETA TECHNOLOGIES · 1 month ago
Senior Systems Safety Engineer | Safety
South Burlington, VT
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$120K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expBETA Technologies is focused on revolutionizing electric aviation through innovation and sustainability. The Senior Systems Safety Engineer will lead safety assessments, collaborate on product design, and ensure compliance with regulatory safety standards.
AerospaceAir TransportationBatteryMachinery ManufacturingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Plan, coordinate and execute the safety assessment process and activities for BETA systems and equipment
Collaborate on the design of new products to ensure their safety and certifiability
Establish failure rates for system components that have not been previously used in aviation applications
Work with regulators to ensure BETA's systems meet regulatory requirements for safety and reliability
Assist in evaluating in-service events or issues with BETA systems and equipment
Perform safety assessments for certification, develop safety requirements, assess safety aspects of new product concepts, support continued operational safety assessments of in-service products, and present safety analyses to regulators
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, by being able to quickly understand the underlying physics and architecture of aircraft system designs and their interfaces with other systems
Mentoring junior safety engineers
Qualification
Required
An engineering degree in a relevant discipline
Comfortability working with design concepts on optimization of design and architectural aspects for safety and reliability
Experience with the systems safety assessment process for commercial aviation applications following ARP4754A and SAE ARP4761 guidelines (5+ years)
Experience performing Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), System Safety Assessment (SSA), Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), Common Mode Analysis (CMA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Development Assurance Level allocation following ARP4754A
Safety requirements generation, validation, and verification
Fluent in English, written and spoken
Preferred
The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in system safety assessment for commercial aviation applications and has lived through multiple full certification cycles (Part 23, 25, 27, 33)
The ideal candidate has worked both in new programs and modifications to aircraft designs
Experience with 14 CFR Part 33 Safety Analyses
Experience interfacing with FAA safety specialists
Systems Engineering background
Experience in safety assessments on electric aircraft programs
Experience in safety assessments on components with complex Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) and software
Experience in HIRF and Lightning safety assessments
Experience with ASTM practices for systems and safety
Experience with the safety assessment tool CAFTA
Experience with reliability engineering methods, including maintainability aspects (MSG-3)
Experience with Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System
Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management tools such as Polarion
Company
BETA TECHNOLOGIES
Beta Technologies builds electric VTOL and CTOL aircraft, charging systems, and training programs focused on operational simplicity.
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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