Power Systems Engineer | Battery R&D

About the role

We are seeking an Power Systems Engineer to join the Battery team at BETA Technologies. The ideal candidate will design high voltage protections for new aircraft variants, working closely with the high voltage team on mechanical design. This role involves adapting coordination models to new configurations, building and maintaining battery models for fault analysis and aircraft-level integration, and collaborating across software, electrical, and systems engineering to support battery certification efforts.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical protection schemes for new aircraft configurations—from modeling to full-scale testing that prove your ideas work
• Design and execute electrical system tests—spec DAQ hardware, get hands-on with lab and aircraft testing, and close the loop between data and models
• Build battery models that integrate with aircraft flight science simulations—enabling system-level analysis and design trades
• Partner with the high voltage team on mechanical design—translating insights from the fuse coordination modeling and testing to the aircraft design
• Collaborate across software, electrical, and systems engineering to support battery certification efforts
• Do whatever job is needed to solve problems and make the team better

Requirements

• Experience with modeling of real-world systems in a relevant language (e.g., Python or MATLAB / Simulink)
• Ability to synthesize large, complex datasets into actionable engineering insights
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Growth mindset and initiative to own problems, iterate quickly, and deliver practical solutions
• Desire to learn, experiment, and make others around you better
• Contributions to HV system design in the EV or other HVDC applications
• Hands-on experience designing data acquisition systems—selecting sample rates, resolution, filtering, and instrumentation to capture the physics that matters
• Skill in design of experiments—detailing efficient test matrices that validate models with minimal testing and maximum learning
• Ability to diagnose model-to-hardware discrepancies—using test data to identify what's missing, what's wrong, and what needs refinement
• Prior work with aviation certification standards (e.g., DO-178, DO-160) or work in other safety-critical environments
• Experience modeling and system identification of real-world systems in MATLAB and Simulink
• Communication with DAQ devices, data manipulation and storage, and GUI design with Python and Qt

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in power systems engineering or related fields
• Experience with high voltage systems and aircraft design
• Knowledge of aviation certification standards (e.g., DO-178, DO-160)
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for system modeling
• Experience with data acquisition and analysis tools
• Experience with experimental design and test matrix development
• Experience with troubleshooting and diagnosing model-to-hardware discrepancies

Skills

• Modeling of real-world systems in relevant languages (e.g., Python, MATLAB / Simulink)
• Data synthesis and analysis
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Problem-solving and iterative approach
• Experience with HV system design in EV or other HVDC applications
• Data acquisition and analysis
• Experimental design and test matrix development
• Model-to-hardware discrepancy diagnosis
• Aviation certification standards (e.g., DO-178, DO-160)
• MATLAB and Simulink for system modeling
• Data manipulation and storage
• GUI design with Python and Qt

Benefits

• Competitive Total Compensation package including Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units
• Onsite healthcare in Vermont, comprehensive medical coverage, dental and vision
• Short- and long-term disability, and paid parental leave
• Daily lunch provided
• Flight lessons as part of the experience
• Additional perks to make work genuinely rewarding

Pay

$100,000 - $125,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time