Software Engineer
Posted 9 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Software Engineer, Composites”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
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Field of studyComputer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
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.
BETA is building electric aviation products and the manufacturing systems required to produce them at scale. We are looking for a Software Engineer with strong computational geometry experience to develop production-quality software that turns part and assembly geometry into validated manufacturing outputs — beginning with composite cure and trim tool design, targeting a 50% or greater reduction in engineering cycle time. This role sits at the intersection of manufacturing engineering, CAD/CAM, tooling, and software, and will expand over time to cover CTE compensation, springback modeling, automated recipe generation, and CNC programming — an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys hard geometry problems and wants their work to directly shape how we build aerospace-grade aircraft.
How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:
- Develop software that imports, analyzes, transforms, and generates complex 3D CAD geometry
- Generate and validate production tooling geometry, including tool surfaces, offsets, splits, boundaries, flanges, features, machining allowances, and trim definitions
- Develop automated manufacturability checks that identify geometry, tooling, and process risks early in the engineering cycle
- Create internal engineering tools that reduce manual effort, improve design consistency, and provide traceable, repeatable manufacturing outputs
- Integrate geometry-processing workflows with CAD, CAM, CNC machining, and downstream manufacturing systems
- Spend time in the factory and tooling-design environment to understand how software output is used and to close the loop between digital models and physical tools
Following successful automation of the initial aluminum-tooling workflow, the role will expand to advance additional composites manufacturing capabilities, including:
- Accurate coefficient-of-thermal-expansion (CTE) compensation for tooling and part geometry
- Integration of third-party springback models into the engineering workflow
- Automated recipe generation and process-definition workflows
- CNC trim-programming automation
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field; or 5+ years of equivalent practical experience
- Strong software-engineering background experience building reliable software used by engineers, operators, customers, or production systems