Engineering Technician - Battery | Battery R&D

BETA Technologies•South Burlington, VT

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Engineering technicians are critical to the BETA mission, ensuring Batteries are designed, built, and tested appropriately to support R&D, flight testing, and other validation needs. As the design develops, engineering technicians will be responsible for rapidly understanding and adjusting to new developments while maintaining quick assembly turnaround. The engineering technician will be Involved In the full cycle design process from concept evaluation, building test articles, production support, field and test failure analysis, flight test support, and logistics support. The needs of this role will have you working between several BETA locations (Burlington, St. Albans, and Plattsburgh). Every day will be different and flexibility and adaptability are required.

Requirements

Two-year degree or certificate from an accredited two (2) year college, university, or technical school preferred
Ability to Interpret drawings, specifications, and schematics of mechanical and electrical components
Ability to operate hand and power tools
Strong critical thinking skills
Ability to pivot and rapidly develop solutions to changing goals
Experience working in a collaborative team environment
Strong communication skills
Understanding of how batteries work
Passion for sustainability

Nice To Haves

Previous experience building Batteries
Previous Computer-Aided Design (CAD) experience – Specifically 3DX/Catia
Technical knowledge of electrical systems ranging from 24 VDC to 800 VDC
Experience with Battery or High Voltage Electrical Assembly
Experience with electrical testing
Data acquisition experience
Fabrication skills
Data processing and analysis experience

Responsibilities

Hands-on assembly or repair of batteries including redlining engineering drawings and creating build records
Perform testing, validation, troubleshooting, and manufacturing processes in concert with design engineers
Build test articles and maintain shop facilities
Assist editing and implementing technical documentation
Performing in-process quality inspection tasks, feeling comfortable identifying and raising concern about process deviations and being integral part of any troubleshooting efforts to solve them
Review test and field data to make deterministic evaluations of hardware or software performance
Develop your expertise concerning electro-mechanical assembly of fully electric propulsion systems
Be trained to act as a flight test subject matter expert for prototype batteries
Respect and foster a culture of safety, including working safely around high voltage