Power Systems Engineer | Battery R&D (Electric Aviation)

Location: South Burlington, Vermont, United States; onsite work with travel to BETA locations around Burlington as needed

Salary: $100,000–$125,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops electric aircraft with a focus on aviation innovation and sustainability.

What you will do

• Design electrical protection schemes for new aircraft configurations, from architecture modeling through full-scale validation testing.
• Design and execute electrical system tests, including data acquisition hardware specification, laboratory testing, and aircraft testing.
• Build battery models integrated with aircraft flight-science simulations for system-level analysis and design trades.
• Partner with the high-voltage team on mechanical design and apply fuse-coordination insights to aircraft design.
• Collaborate with software, electrical, and systems engineering teams to support battery certification.
• Analyze test data, refine system models, and solve cross-functional engineering problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience modeling real-world systems with a relevant language or tool such as Python or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Ability to synthesize large and complex datasets into actionable engineering insights.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Initiative, adaptability, and willingness to experiment, learn, and own problems.
• Ability to work onsite in South Burlington and travel to BETA locations around Burlington as needed.

Nice to have

• Experience with power systems and active or passive high-voltage protections.
• Experience contributing to EV or other HVDC system design.
• Hands-on data acquisition system design, including sampling, filtering, resolution, and instrumentation.
• Experience with design of experiments, system identification, and diagnosing model-to-hardware discrepancies.
• Experience with aviation certification standards such as DO-178 or DO-160, or other safety-critical environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Small-team environment with ownership across architecture, modeling, testing, and certified flight hardware.
• Full-time employees receive Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
• Onsite healthcare in Vermont, medical, dental and vision coverage, disability insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Daily lunch is provided, and flight lessons are included.
• Dog-friendly open-office environment.