Senior Safety Systems Engineer | Safety

BETA TECHNOLOGIES

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South Burlington, VT, United States

Posted on: 2025-11-12

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

BETA Technologies is creating an electric transportation ecosystem that’s safe, reliable and sustainable. A relentlessly focused team is building an extensive charging infrastructure and ALIA, the world’s most technologically advanced electric vertical aircraft (EVA).

BETA’s platform and products are strikingly simple. Prioritization of safety and a pragmatic approach to certification drive elegant redundancy, appropriate diversity of implementation and simplicity of control. ALIA’s fixed-pitch propellers and centrally located batteries make it an inherently stable aircraft that is safe to fly and easy to maneuver.

At BETA Technologies, we apply our intellectual curiosity, passion for aviation, and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds, each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing, vibrant, and inclusive culture.

Build electric airplanes with us!

We encourage all driven candidates to apply, even if they do not meet every listed qualification.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. BETA complies with all applicable federal, state and local non-discrimination laws and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our workplace.

Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. BETA Technologies participates in E-Verify.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

Plan, coordinate and execute the safety assessment process and activities for BETA systems and equipment

Collaborate on the design of new products to ensure their safety and certifiability

Establish failure rates for system components that have not been previously used in aviation applications

Work with regulators to ensure BETA's systems meet regulatory requirements for safety and reliability

Assist in evaluating in-service events or issues with BETA systems and equipment

Perform safety assessments for certification, develop safety requirements, assess safety aspects of new product concepts, support continued operational safety assessments of in-service products, and present safety analyses to regulators

Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, by being able to quickly understand the underlying physics and architecture of aircraft system designs and their interfaces with other systems

Mentoring junior safety engineers

Minimum Qualifications:

An engineering degree in a relevant discipline

Comfortability working with design concepts on optimization of design and architectural aspects for safety and reliability

Experience with the systems safety assessment process for commercial aviation applications following ARP4754A and SAE ARP4761 guidelines (5+ years)

Experience performing Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), System Safety Assessment (SSA), Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), Common Mode Analysis (CMA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Development Assurance Level allocation following ARP4754A

Safety requirements generation, validation, and verification

Above and Beyond Qualifications:

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in system safety assessment for commercial aviation applications and has lived through multiple full certification cycles (Part 23, 25, 27, 33)

The ideal candidate has worked both in new programs and modifications to aircraft designs

Experience with 14 CFR Part 33 Safety Analyses

Experience interfacing with FAA safety specialists

Systems Engineering background

Experience in safety assessments on electric aircraft programs

Experience in safety assessments on components with complex Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) and software

Experience in HIRF and Lightning safety assessments

Experience with ASTM practices for systems and safety

Experience with the safety assessment tool CAFTA.

Experience with reliability engineering methods, including maintainability aspects (MSG-3)

Experience with Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System

Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management tools such as Polarion

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear

Fluent in English, written and spoken

Frequently required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls

Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms

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 moderate to loud

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