Electrical Engineer (Airborne Hardware)

Location: Onsite in South Burlington, Vermont, United States

Salary: $95,000–$160,000 USD per year

Company

Develops electric aircraft and supporting systems for sustainable aviation.

What you will do

• Design and develop electronic systems for flight controls, motor control, and battery management.
• Capture schematics and design digital circuits using ICs, ADCs, microprocessors, memory devices, and serial data bus transceivers.
• Design EMI/EMC filters to meet DO-160G requirements and analyze power, signal conditioning, and thermal performance.
• Design and test inverter motor control circuits, including analog simulation with LTSpice.
• Build and test prototype hardware, develop bed-of-nails test fixtures, and write hardware test procedures.
• Review PCB layouts, coordinate with contract manufacturers, research electronic components, and support sourcing.

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of experience in electronics design and schematic capture using Altium or an equivalent tool.
• Experience with electrical simulation tools.
• Experience with digital circuits, PCB development, laboratory test equipment, and electronic hardware analysis.

Nice to have

• Experience with KiCad, PCB123, or Altium rapid prototyping tools.
• Experience designing power supply topologies, zero-voltage-switching topology, or using ANSYS Maxwell.
• PCB layout and assembly standards knowledge.
• Experience with Git, microcontroller configuration, requirements-based design, and transfer-function analysis.
• Pilot’s license or an interest in aviation.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
• Onsite healthcare in Vermont plus medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage and paid parental leave.
• Daily lunch and flight lessons.
• Employment is contingent on a successful background check; BETA participates in E-Verify.