Aviation Technical Illustrator - Contract

Beta Technologies - South Burlington, VT

Full-time - Entry Level

South Burlington, VT

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Aviation Technical Illustrator at BETA Technologies is responsible for creating technical illustrations that support various manuals and training materials within the aerospace industry. This role requires collaboration with technical writers and subject matter experts to ensure the illustrations meet the needs of the project and adhere to regulatory standards. The position is contract-based with opportunities for performance reviews and potential transition to a full-time role.

Responsibilities

• Creating technical illustrations to support manuals, training material, manufacturing work instructions, and sales sheets.
• Leveraging engineering CAD data to generate clear, simple technical illustrations for use in structured authoring applications.
• Collaborating with technical writers and subject matter experts (SMEs) on the definition of technical illustration needs.
• Coordinating with technical writers on the incorporation of technical illustrations within a structured authoring software application.
• Supporting document reviews, comments, and questions.
• Tracking technical illustration and document workflows using collaboration tools.
• Meeting project deadlines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (engineering or aerospace-related field is a plus)
• Technical illustration experience
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Passion for detail
• A customer-centric understanding of end-item configuration
• Driven to continually learn, develop, and adapt
• Ability to identify roadblocks and find solutions
• A team player capable of working independently.

Nice-to-haves

• Catia Composer experience
• Catia V6 experience
• PTC IsoDraw
• S1000D experience
• Experience on projects subject to approval by aviation regulatory authorities (FAA, EASA, Transport Canada, etc.)
• DoD or military aviation technical illustration experience
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence/Jira, Slack, Google Suite
• Startup experience
• Adobe Creative Suite experience.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunity regardless of background
• Contingent employment offers based on background checks
• Potential for full-time employment after contract period.