The Sr. Propulsion Mechanical Design Engineer will contribute to the development of propulsion system components used in the motors and inverters from a blank page to a certified product. Not only do we design 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 design analyze build and test your ideas at a fast pace youll be happy at BETA.
How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:
Design products with CATIA create drawings and manage BOMs
Perform hand calculations and or FEA to ensure product integrity at minimum weight
Develop and build prototypes and run experiments to inform future designs
Collaborate with internal and external fabricators and the supply chain team to see parts through manufacturing
Develop scalable manufacturing processes in parallel with product design
Collaborate with the manufacturing team to bring products to production
Collaborate with the systems and certification team to ensure certifiability of products
Minimum Qualifications:
5 Years experience in mechanical design
Ability to design parts that are lightweight strong and manufacturable with a demonstrated track record (seeing your portfolio of great designs will get us excited)
Mastery of 3D CAD (Catia preferred or Solidworks or NX)
Experience with Ansys or equivalent FEA software
Experience making drawings with pragmatic GD&T.
Experience with prototype testing
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.
Google G -Suite including drive mail calendar docs sheets slides charts hangouts; slack application lifecycle
Ability to work hard to meet our ambitious goals and tight deadlines
Above and Beyond Qualifications:
Experience in FEA (ANSYS preferred)
Experience in CFD (Solidworks Flow Sim or FloEFD preferred)
GD&T master
Matlab (data analysis AppDesigner for GUIs)
Strong knowledge of vibration
Experience with rotating machinery
Experience with electrical motors inverters
Experience with controls of Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (SPMSM)
$119000 - $155000 a year
The wage listed here reflects our best faith estimate for this role. We pay competitively and base compensation on a variety of factors including skills experience industry background and the evolving needs of the role. We remain committed to fair and equitable pay and were happy to discuss during the interview process.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers handle or feel objects tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision distance vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
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