Jobs at Archer Aviation

Lead Engineer, Embedded at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role owns the embedded hardware side of a new device program end-to-end, from prototype to flight-relevant product. Responsibilities include developing and debugging firmware/software on embedded Linux platforms, integrating sensors and radios, and owning PCB and mechanical/enclosure design.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Powertrain (EPS) Manufacturing Technician Lead for their San Jose, California location. This hands-on role involves assembling and troubleshooting electric propulsion systems for eVTOL aircraft, interpreting schematics, and leading junior technicians.

This is a Senior Tooling Design Engineer role at Archer Aviation. The engineer will design tooling for trim, drill, and assembly operations, create CAD files and drawings, and inspect assembly fixturing. They will also suggest design changes to improve manufacturability and efficiency.

Senior Structural Analyst at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves performing trade studies, requirements derivation, and vehicle configuration. Responsibilities include hand calculations and FEM analysis of aerospace structures, developing company standards for analysis, and mentoring junior analysts.

AI Autonomy Engineer at Archer Aviation, a Senior/Staff level position focused on developing and deploying vision-language and VLA models for aircraft autonomy. The role involves integrating multi-model systems for perception, reasoning, and navigation in real-world aviation environments.

Principal AI Research Engineer at Archer Aviation developing cutting-edge AI solutions. Responsibilities include designing and implementing novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms, iterating on AI model development from data to deployment, and collaborating with researchers to validate complex solutions.

Senior AI Research Engineer at Archer Aviation. This role involves designing, implementing, and evaluating novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Responsibilities include iterating on AI model development from data to deployment, prototyping and validating complex solutions, conducting experiments, and developing tools for scalable research.

Associate Survivability and Operations Analysis Engineer at Archer Aviation. This junior engineering role supports advanced programs within the Archer Defense portfolio, focusing on technical, cost, and schedule execution. The position requires foundational knowledge of survivability technologies and familiarity with modeling and simulation environments.

Junior Battery Cell Stack Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role supports the design of high voltage battery pack components for aircraft, collaborating with cross-functional teams, assisting with prototyping and testing, and ensuring designs meet FAA certification requirements.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Blade Structures Engineer in San Jose, California. This role involves designing and analyzing high-performance propeller blades for eVTOL aircraft, including material selection, manufacturing process development, and supporting certification testing and discussions with the FAA.

Archer Aviation is seeking an Airframe Design Lead for their Wing team in San Jose, California. This role involves leading the development of major structural airframe assemblies from design through certification and manufacturing ramp-up, applying expertise in load paths, design best practices, and composite/metallic structures.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Manager, Mechanical Actuator Development to lead a team in designing and developing flight-critical electromechanical actuation systems. This role involves owning the mechanical design, performing trade studies, creating CAD models and specifications, and building system-level models. The manager will also act as a focal point for custom actuation development, collaborate with program managers on schedules, and work with internal and external functional groups.

Senior Flight Test Data Engineer, Loads at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves designing and operating systems to capture, process, and validate loads data from aircraft, and using this data for structural insights, certification, and design decisions.

Staff Power Electronics Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves designing and developing high voltage, high power density motor controllers for eVTOL applications, including component selection, circuit design, module development, and system integration. Responsibilities also include passive component optimization, EMC testing and analysis, and leading hardware from conception through production and validation.

Staff Advanced Concepts Optimization Engineer at Archer Aviation is responsible for architecting the future of electric flight. This role involves developing the company's multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) engine, workflows, and high-performance computing resources for aircraft concept development. The engineer will translate business goals into optimization objectives and constraints, deploy the MDO engine for optimal vehicle designs, and communicate findings to stakeholders.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Cost Accountant to join their team in San Jose, California. This role will focus on supporting manufacturing costs by leveraging expertise in SAP and cost accounting principles. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining standard costs, managing cost updates, and analyzing variances.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Application Engineer with 10-15 years of experience in Siemens Teamcenter configuration and customization. The role involves advanced configuration, gathering requirements, supporting code management processes, guiding junior team members, and assisting with data migrations and system upgrades.

Archer Aviation is hiring a Senior Compensation Manager to join their Total Rewards team. This role will lead end-to-end compensation cycles, including annual merit, promotion, and off-cycle processes. The ideal candidate will develop and maintain global salary range structures and optimize complex pay structures.

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role focuses on the design and integration of high-voltage components within battery packs for electric aircraft. Responsibilities include designing mechanical enclosures, sizing power conductors, selecting contactors, performing safety studies, and developing CAD models and drawings.

Electrical Engineer, Battery at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves owning hardware designs for high voltage battery management systems, including PCBAs from design to manufacturing. Responsibilities include circuit simulation, schematic capture, layout, routing, reviews, bring-up, verification, and supporting production and integration with other aircraft systems.

Flight Test Maintenance (A&P) at Archer Aviation in Salinas, California. This role involves building and maintaining fly-by-wire aircraft, performing maintenance and repair tasks, ensuring aircraft readiness for flight tests, and creating/implementing maintenance policies and procedures.

Archer Aviation is hiring an Executive Protection Agent in San Jose, California. This role provides hands-on close protection for executives and principals in various settings including residential, travel, office, events, and public appearances. Responsibilities include advance work, secure transportation, and route planning.

Lead Autonomy Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves leading the design and development of autonomy stack software for prototype vehicles, including perception and planning. The engineer will also support rapid prototyping efforts from concept to flight testing and own the autonomy discipline within the Special Programs team.

Lead Engineer for Advanced Behaviors & Algorithms in Special Programs at Archer Aviation. This role involves designing and validating advanced mission behaviors, tactics, and decision logic for prototype vehicles, supporting rapid prototyping from concept to flight testing, and owning the advanced behaviors discipline within the team.

Lead Platform Design & Integration Engineer for Special Programs at Archer Aviation. This role focuses on vehicle-level integration and configuration design for prototype vehicles, managing cross-discipline interfaces, and supporting rapid prototyping from concept to build and test.

Staff Software Engineer, Android at Archer Aviation in South East Hampshire, UK. This role involves owning the Android app for a mature consumer product, focusing on new features, refinements, and maintaining feature parity with the iOS app.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Lead Flight Controls & Software Engineer for their Special Programs team. This role involves leading the design and development of flight control laws and embedded flight control software for prototype vehicles, supporting rapid prototyping efforts from concept to flight testing.

Lead Mission Systems & Integration Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves defining and integrating payloads, sensors, and mission equipment for prototype vehicles, supporting rapid prototyping efforts from concept to flight test, and owning the mission systems discipline within the Special Programs team.

Archer Aviation is hiring an Electrical Engineer, Wiring Design in San Jose, California. This role involves designing and installing wire harnesses using 3D CAD software, adhering to industry best practices, and selecting appropriate components. The engineer will also provide installation guidance and create inspection criteria.

Archer Aviation is hiring a CNC Technician in Huntington Beach, California. This role involves setting up and operating CNC routers (3-axis, 4th-axis rotary, 5-axis), interpreting engineering drawings and GD&T, performing machine setups, and maintaining shop records. The position requires experience with 3-axis CNC milling and familiarity with feeds, speeds, and tooling for various materials.

Wire Harness Designer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves creating wiring diagrams and documentation using specific CAD tools, understanding communication protocols, and following industry best practices for wire harness design and installation. The designer will collaborate with other engineering teams to define system architecture and select optimal components.

Corporate Development Director at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role drives merger and acquisition efforts, from thesis formation and target sourcing through diligence, valuation, transaction execution, and integration handoff. Responsibilities include building the M&A target pipeline, conducting market research and strategic analysis, developing financial models and valuation analyses, and managing the transaction due diligence process.

Structures Architect at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves developing conceptual-level airframe architecture for next-generation eVTOL aircraft, including laying out and sizing major structural components, evaluating layouts and materials, and predicting weight. The architect will also assess aeroelastic behavior and partner on loads and outer mold line definition.

Aerodynamics Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves conceptually sizing aerodynamic surfaces and estimating the performance of eVTOL aircraft using low-fidelity tools and handbook methods. Responsibilities include building drag polars, trimming the vehicle across flight envelopes, and conducting mission-level performance analysis.

This is a mid-level Aircraft Architecture & Integration Engineer role at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. The engineer will be responsible for designing and optimizing aircraft structures and sub-system integration, managing digital mock-ups, interface requirements, and master geometry models. They will also conduct trade studies, support test planning and validation, and collaborate with manufacturing and other engineering disciplines.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Engineer, State Estimation and Modeling in San Jose, California. This role involves architecting, designing, and implementing state estimation algorithms for eVTOL aircraft, integrating them with aviation-grade sensors, and developing verification and validation strategies.

Manager, Electric Engine Software at Archer Aviation is a lead engineering role focused on developing flight-critical software for electric aircraft. The position involves leading a team, coordinating software development and verification according to DO178C standards, and collaborating on certification processes.

BMS Simulation Engineer at Archer Aviation. This role involves leading BMS simulation modeling, defining simulation requirements, and creating reduced order models for BMS simulation. The engineer will manage model libraries, analyze simulation data, and develop diagnostic interfaces for controllers.

As a Powertrain Architect at Archer Aviation, you will evaluate and size hybrid-electric propulsion systems for next-generation eVTOL aircraft. This involves selecting combustion engines, sizing electromagnetic components, managing thermal systems, and modeling battery behavior, integrating these models into the vehicle-level optimization stack.

Flight Test Instrumentation Technician at Archer Aviation in Salinas, California. This role involves installing, testing, and supporting aircraft flight test instrumentation systems, building and maintaining fly-by-wire aircraft, and performing maintenance, repair, and modification tasks.

Archer Aviation is seeking an Executive Protection Lead to manage their global executive protection program. This player/coach role involves personally planning and leading protective details for executives, covering residential, travel, office, event, and public appearance protection, along with advance work, protective intelligence, and threat/risk assessment.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Incident Response Engineer in San Jose, California. This role involves leading detection and remediation efforts, serving as the primary technical liaison to the MSSP, and ensuring compliance with NIST SP 800-171. Responsibilities include SIEM engineering, technical incident response, and conducting forensic investigations.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Staff Analyst, Methods to support the analysis and testing of rotor systems for a new unmanned vehicle platform. This role involves performing structural analyses, evaluating fatigue life, and mentoring junior team members.

Configuration Management Specialist embedded within the Powertrain engineering group at Archer Aviation. This role owns the configuration integrity of the electric battery-powered propulsion system, managing BOM structures, effectivity, and change packages.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Sr. Manager, Design Engineering Structures in San Jose, California. This role involves leading and mentoring a team of approximately 20 engineers, architecting the technical capability roadmap for the structures design group, and driving the development of advanced composite design concepts and manufacturing processes.

Configuration and Data Management Specialist at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role focuses on executing configuration management processes, ensuring accuracy and control of document releases, changes, and technical data. Responsibilities include document control, reviewing change notices, supporting change review boards, and maintaining data integrity in PLM systems.

Design Data Integrity Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role ensures the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of engineering drawings and models by verifying adherence to drafting standards, dimensioning practices, and configuration management requirements.

Manager, Manufacturing Design Engineering - Electric Motor at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role leads the Electric Motor/Drive Unit manufacturing team, focusing on the specification, design, launch, and ramp of advanced powertrain manufacturing equipment for high-volume production.

Mechanical Design Engineer specializing in Thermal and Ducting at Archer Aviation. This role involves designing thermal and ducting integration solutions for aircraft powertrain components, optimizing duct designs, selecting and integrating thermal management components, and collaborating with various engineering teams. The engineer will own the prototype development process from requirements to testing and create technical documentation.

This is a Lead Powertrain Manufacturing Test Engineer role at Archer Aviation. The engineer will lead End-of-Line (EOL) and in-process test development for High Voltage batteries and electric motors, focusing on performance, safety, and system integration. They will also design and deploy manufacturing test strategies including hipot, insulation resistance, winding verification, electromagnetic performance, and ESS.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Principal Certification Engineer to guide certification efforts for their first certified aircraft. This role involves coordinating certification activities, establishing compliance strategies with FAA regulations, and working with engineering teams on design, development, and certification plans for Type Certification.

Principal Solution Architect for Supply Chain Systems at Archer Aviation. This role leads the architecture, roadmap, and solution design for supply chain and logistics functions, focusing on SAP S/4HANA core capabilities and related platforms. The architect will partner with leaders to shape digital supply chain strategy and ensure scalable, integrated system landscapes.

Senior Design Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role is responsible for the detailed design of electric engines, focusing on motor, gearbox, inverter, and thermo-lubrication systems. The engineer will own component design through manufacturing and validation, develop innovative solutions, and perform finite element analysis.

Senior Manager of Dimensional Engineering at Archer Aviation. This role leads dimensional engineering strategy for aerospace and eVTOL structures, focusing on geometric integrity and tolerance robustness. Responsibilities include defining GD&T schemes, establishing dimensional control plans, developing measurement strategies, and overseeing dimensional validation.

Staff Embedded Software Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves leading the architectural design, development, and verification of safety-critical software for the aircraft Charge Control Unit (CCU), interfacing with high-voltage electrical components and analog/digital circuitry. Responsibilities include acting as Certification Authority for DO178C compliance, architecting fault detection algorithms, and performing system analysis of hardware schematics.

Staff IT Systems Engineer at Archer Aviation responsible for Systems Engineering, Endpoint Engineering, and Digital Workplace functions. This role involves contributing to strategy and planning, managing IT infrastructure, designing scalable and secure systems, executing endpoint device management, and supporting collaboration tools and IT governance.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Systems Analyst to lead the design and delivery of integrated manufacturing technology solutions across SAP and non-SAP platforms. This role requires deep understanding of aircraft assembly, manufacturing, maintenance, and repair processes, with expertise in the SAP PP-PEO module.

Staff Software Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves building and shipping multiple products across disciplines and languages, with a focus on backend development and AI-focused front-end development. Responsibilities include creating and managing backend infrastructure, leading end-to-end technical execution, and designing the architecture and tech stack for the platform.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Staff SAP Supply Chain Planning Analyst with expertise in SAP S/4HANA, specifically ePP/DS and MRP Live. This role involves designing, configuring, and implementing supply chain planning solutions, focusing on production planning, detailed scheduling, and integration with other SAP modules.

Technical Lead for Turbogenerator at Archer Aviation. This role involves owning the turbogenerator system, managing a team of experts, and ensuring the turboshaft can be integrated, tested, and certified within their all-electric aircraft. Responsibilities include optimizing turboshaft design, managing risks, and defining development strategies for the turboshaft and hybrid-powertrain.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Flight Test Engineer to join their Flight Test and Operational Safety team. This role will be responsible for planning and executing ground and flight test campaigns for autonomous VTOL aircraft, leading safety risk management activities, and mentoring junior engineers.

Mass Properties Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves leading mass properties programs, building and maintaining a master database for weight, CG, and inertia, and partnering with design teams to optimize aircraft weight. The engineer will work hands-on with aircraft and manage mass data from estimates to flight hardware.

Staff DevOps Engineer at Archer Aviation will architect, develop, and scale core services, real-time data pipelines, and distributed infrastructure for AI products. Responsibilities include building and managing highly available backend systems, stream-processing jobs, and cloud infrastructure using IaC and cloud-native tooling.

Mechanical Design Engineer, Test and Integration at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves designing test and integration fixtures for flight-critical electromechanical actuation systems, performing structural analysis, and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Senior People Business Partner at Archer Aviation supporting the engineering organization. This role partners with engineering leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent strategies. Responsibilities include managing employee relations, coaching, performance management, and executing HR initiatives across the employee lifecycle.

Staff GNC Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves leading teams to design and implement flight control algorithms for electric VTOL aircraft, working cross-functionally to connect GNC requirements with other systems, and influencing leadership decisions related to GNC systems.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Sr. Payroll Analyst to perform complex administrative and accounting duties for multi-state and global payroll processing. This role involves full-cycle payroll processing, reconciliation reports, journal entries, and assisting with payroll compliance matters and audits.

Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Archer Aviation in San Jose, CA. This hybrid role requires in-person work 10 days per month. The engineer will build agentic software for Archer's Airline Operations Software Ecosystem, impacting urban air mobility logistics, routing, performance, and dispatch.

Senior Manager, Loads & Dynamics at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role leads a multidisciplinary engineering team focused on loads analysis, dynamics, aeroelasticity, ASE, and rotordynamics for eVTOL aircraft development. Responsibilities include technical leadership, strategic direction, managing certification activities with the FAA, and fostering innovation in analysis methods.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Archer Aviation in San Jose, California. This role involves developing and verifying safety-critical software for the aircraft Charge Control Unit, designing charge control systems, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on hardware/software integration and certification.

Vehicle Architect at Archer Aviation responsible for conceptual sizing and configuration of next-generation aircraft. This role involves building and running optimization models to translate mission inputs into vehicle parameters, integrating inputs from various engineering disciplines, and leading configuration trade studies.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Staff Product Designer to join their Design Studio. This role focuses on designing digital interfaces and internal desktop tools for product development, specifically to improve manufacturing and aircraft assembly processes. The designer will collaborate with stakeholders, engineers, and users to create intuitive and scalable user experiences.

Senior AI Research Engineer at Archer Aviation focused on developing and evaluating novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception. The role involves iterating on predictive and decision-making models, collaborating with other engineers, conducting experiments, developing research tools, and communicating findings.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Sr. IT Desktop Support Specialist in San Jose, California. This role involves providing day-to-day technical support for employees, including hardware and software installation, configuration, and troubleshooting. Responsibilities also include managing system and account provisioning for onboarding/offboarding, deploying management solutions, and creating internal documentation.

Certification Applications Analyst at Archer Aviation, a remote role reporting to the Head of Certification. This position provides administrative support for the certification efforts of the company's all-electric aircraft, involving coordination of activities, document management, and communication with regulatory authorities.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Senior Battery Design Engineer in San Jose, California. This role involves designing high voltage battery pack components for electric aircraft, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring FAA certification requirements are met.

Staff Software Engineer, Backend at Archer Aviation will build and scale core application logic, streaming pipelines, and data layers for a real-time AI tracking platform. Responsibilities include designing high-performance backend systems, implementing stream-processing applications, architecting data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Composite Technician Lead in Huntington Beach, California. This role involves leading fabrication teams, mentoring employees, and ensuring adherence to procedures and design requirements for composite parts. Responsibilities include laying up composite materials, performing various fabrication processes, inspecting parts, and maintaining documentation.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Flight Test Engineer in Salinas, California. This role involves assisting in the preparation of flight test plans, test cards, and reports, as well as supporting test events on and off the aircraft. The engineer will also participate in safety reviews and communicate test results.

Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer at Archer Aviation in Los Angeles, CA. This role is responsible for aircraft-level functional and end-of-line testing during manufacturing to ensure vehicles meet performance, integration, and system-level standards. The engineer will own the end-to-end functional test strategy for aircraft systems from early builds through certified production.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for Electric Propulsion in San Jose, California. This role involves owning ARP4754A-compliant requirements, authoring implementable requirements for propulsion hardware and embedded software, and leading cross-functional engineering problem reviews. The engineer will also triage flight test anomalies, assess propulsion system readiness, and support airworthiness and certification efforts.

Archer Aviation is seeking an Employee Relations Director to lead their employee relations function. This role will focus on conducting workplace investigations, building and refining investigation frameworks, and serving as an advisor to business leaders, HR, legal, and information security.

Archer Aviation is seeking a Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, scalability, performance, and security of their core systems. This role involves implementing and maintaining infrastructure for an internal LLM-powered chat service and cloud-native infrastructure on EKS, alongside developing observability strategies and optimizing data pipelines.