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Powertrain Architect — Hybrid-electric Propulsion

Archer Aviation
Location
San Jose, California, United States
Work mode
Hybrid
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

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.

Skills and focus areas

  • hybrid-electric powertrain architectures
  • combustion engine selection
  • electromagnetic sizing
  • thermal management
  • battery behavior modeling
  • vehicle-level sizing
  • optimization
  • series hybrid
  • parallel hybrid
  • turbo-electric
  • electric motors
  • inverters

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on Archer Aviation’s careers page.

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