Systems Safety Engineer

Number of employees

280

South Burlington, VT, United States

Posted on: 2022-05-16

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

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.

The System Safety Engineer will be a part of the Product Safety team and will be responsible for performing and coordinating various safety assessments for the aircraft and its systems in accordance with industry standards like the SAE ARP4761 and ARP4754A.

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BETA Technologies provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, health coverage status, HIV status, genetic information, crime victim status, pregnancy or a pregnancy-related condition or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. The company does not discriminate, and will not discriminate, and will not tolerate discrimination, based on any of these characteristics during the application process or in employment.

All offers of employment at BETA Technologies are contingent upon favorable results of a thorough background check.

BETA Technologies is an E-Verify employer.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Performing and coordinating safety assessments including the following:
  • Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA)
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Markov Analysis 
  • Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA)
  • System Safety Assessment (SSA)
  • Particular Risk Analysis (PRA)
  • Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA)
  • Common Mode Analysis (CMA)
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Working closely with Subject Matter Experts and System Engineering leads for various systems, to understand the underlying physics, the architecture of the system and its components, its interfaces with other systems and elicit failure modes and their effects on the aircraft and its occupants
  • Advising design and systems teams in making design and architectural decisions based on the outcomes of various safety assessments
  • Working with other safety engineers focused on reliability aspects to establish failure rates, exposure times and calculate failure probabilities
  • Liaison with regulatory authorities and the leadership team on all matters relating to systems safety

  • Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

  • Enthusiasm for Electric Aviation and Aviation Safety
  • BS in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or similar
  • 2+ years of relevant experience
  • Cognizance of SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761
  • Experience in performing safety assessments per ARP4761
  • Familiarity with Reliability Engineering methods, including Maintainability aspects
  • Familiarity with FAA type certification process
  • Ability to use the following tools or similar:
  • Polarion
  • CAFTA
  • G-Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets etc.)

  • Preferred Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

  • MS in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or similar
  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Expertise in performing safety assessments per ARP4761
  • General familiarity with Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) methods and concepts
  • Experience with FAA Part 23 Type Certification process

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