Structural Engineer | Propulsion

BETA Technologies•South Burlington, VT

7d•$90,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Propulsion Structural Engineer will contribute to the development of propulsion system components used in the motors and inverters, from a blank page to a certified product. The Structural Engineer will help optimize the designs to meet performance requirements, minimize weight and maximize robustness. Documenting the analyses, validating the boundary conditions and results by developing test plans and analyzing test data and correlating to the predictions is a key responsibility for this position. Not only do we design, analyze, build and test the motors and inverters, we also develop manufacturing tooling and validation equipment such as propeller stands, dynos, bench top test rigs. Our design to validation cycle is extremely rapid and we own it all. If you love to influence design, analyze, build, test and validate your ideas at a fast pace, you’ll be happy at BETA.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years experience in mechanical structure analysis: static structure, bolted joints, fatigue, rotordynamics, modal.
Experience in FEA (ANSYS workbench preferred)
Methodical, rigorous and efficient
Ability to guide design team to optimize structure
Ability to understand structure and loads, static and dynamic
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
Catia 3DX or equivalent
Experience with tolerancing requirements
Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines

Nice To Haves

Ability to iterate mechanical designs to reduce mass and improve robustness.
Strong knowledge of vibration
Experience with rotating machinery
Experience with electrical motors, inverters

Responsibilities

Assess, understand and challenge boundary conditions from interfacing groups
Perform hand calculations and FEA to ensure product integrity at minimum weight
Document analyses for internal reviews and certification purposes
Evaluate need for and define requirements for coupon / specimen or bench test to support validation and verification of structure
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