Instrumentation Technician | Shared Test Services

BETA Technologies•St. Albans, VT

44d•$28 - $34•Onsite

About The Position

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 Instrumentation Technician is responsible for helping us install and maintain supplemental instrumentation on a variety of company assets. As a Instrumentation Technician on the Instrumentation team at Beta Technologies, you will use your hands-on technical aptitude to plan, execute, clean up, and document a variety of instrumentation on anything from discrete structural elements to flight test aircraft. Instrumentation hardware spans a variety of areas, such as structural validation strain gages, vibration fatigue strain gages, and thermal monitoring of High Voltage components. Instrumentation Technician duties include not just the setup and testing of aircraft assemblies or components, but also the routine maintenance and troubleshooting of test equipment and sensors. An ideal candidate has great attention to detail when following a defined work plan, but also a good dose of creativity when working with the team on how to execute new and interesting instrumentation packages and the drive and motivation to see things through to completion no matter the challenge.

Requirements

Two-year engineering degree or certificate from an accredited two (2) year college, university, or technical school or minimum 2 years work experience in a related technical field
Passionate about continuous improvement and driven to continually learn, develop, and adapt
Ability to assist in problem analysis and independent decision-making
Ability to operate hand and power tools
Ability to solder
Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and schematics of electronic components
Good team communication skills required
Knowledge of Microsoft Applications share point, outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint ; Slack, application lifecycle

Nice To Haves

Computer Aided Design (CAD) experience
Electrical enclosure fabrication experience
Small circuit assembly experience
Aerospace design verification experience, especially compliance test experience

Responsibilities

Assist Instrumentation Engineers with installing supplemental instrumentation on a variety of components
Maintain instrumentation installation records and relevant documentation to support current and future efforts
Contribute to and carefully follow installation procedures and plans, ensuring completeness and accuracy every step of the way.
Help manage instrumentation equipment and consumable inventory to ensure the team can adapt to changing priorities and have the tools required to be successful
Look out for your teammates and maintain a safe, positive and efficient work environment
Use all mandated safety equipment and comply with all safety requirements in accordance with company and government regulations and guidelines
Perform other work-related duties as assigned