What You’ll Do:

• Design a wide array of structural components and integration of flight-critical electromechanical actuation systems from concept through experimental  flight testing
• Design mechanisms and own kinematic layouts for flight control systems
• Design detailed metallic parts and assemblies to support actuation and propulsion integration
• Own the prototype development process; requirements, design, BOM, procurement, assembly, test, etc.
• Perform initial  structural analysis and hand calculations to verify component margins, load paths, and interface requirements
• Interface with suppliers to select COTS solutions where appropriate (mounts, fasteners, brackets, etc.)
• Create and review technical drawings, plans, and specifications
• Support requirements development and documentation
• Collaborate with our multi-disciplinary engineering team

What You Need:

• 5+ years of engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Exposure to integrating or designing flight critical systems
• Proficient in CAD (Solidworks, NX, etc.) - NX preferred
• Ability to manage CAD and complex assemblies  in Team Center
• Proficient in load analysis, free body diagrams, and FEA
• Experience designing complex metallic parts and weldments
• Fluent in GD&T and creating manufacturing drawings
• Familiarity with aerospace hardware standards
• Hands-on experience in multiple technical fields especially those related to carbon composite and metallic structures
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly

Bonus Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of, and experience within, electric powertrain systems or aerospace systems.
• Familiarity with simscape
• Experience designing mechanisms for flight control systems
• Thorough understanding of electro-mechanical actuators 
• Thorough understanding of engineering product development including design phases, manufacturing processes and global supply chain management.
• Familiarization with Atlassian Jira and Confluence for task management and collaborative documentation.
• Experience supporting vehicle development from concept/prototype aircraft phase through certification and mass production
• Part 23 Certification Experience and/or experience working with ARP4754A.

At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $144,000 - $198,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.        
                

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

As a Design Engineer - Avionics Integration, you will work on aircraft-level avionics systems integration within the Advanced Projects group. We are a small but diverse group of multi-disciplinary engineers responsible for the rapid development of future Archer aircraft concepts, taking them from idea to experimental flight testing on aggressive accelerated timelines. In this role, you will play a critical role in integrating and optimizing the avionics systems packaging throughout Archer’s future hybrid-electric aircraft platform.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and Engineering
• Develop and maintain CAD and drawings to document interfaces between avionics subsystems and airframe interfaces
• Own and maintain avionics envelope CAD models and keep out zones to enable comprehensive vehicle package studies
• Maintain avionics configuration management, tracking various pedigrees and versions of hardware
• Assist in defining assembly processes and techniques and standardizing across the department
• Collaborate with manufacturing team to ensure seamless aircraft integration processes
• Analysis and Project Management 
• Maintain comprehensive mass budget tracking for all avionics subsystems, identifying risks and weight optimization opportunities
• Conduct trade studies to optimize system integration, mass efficiency, and performance
• Support test planning and validation activities for thrust unit assemblies
• Analyze test data and implement design improvements based on findings
• Collaboration
• Work cross-functionally with sourcing and quality teams to support supplier selection, component qualification, and inspection requirements for integration components
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical expertise for critical integration decisions
• Drive improvements to existing processes and develop new procedures as needed

What You Need:

• Education & Experience
• Bachelor's Degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering, or related field
• 2-15 years with system-level integration and interface management 
• Experience generating Bills of Materials (BOM) and managing change control processes
• Technical Expertise
• Proficiency in CAD modeling (NX preferred), 2D drawings, tolerance analysis, and GD&T
• Understanding of mass budgeting, configuration management, and systems integration
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes for aerospace structural components including machining, joining methods, and composite manufacturing
• Communication and Organization
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional technical initiatives across multiple subsystem teams
• Excellent documentation and communication skills for maintaining complex interface requirements
• Capacity to manage multiple integration challenges and priorities simultaneously
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving interface conflicts
• Additional Requirements
• Availability for domestic travel as needed
• Demonstrated commitment to safety and quality in engineering practices

Bonus Qualifications:

• Aerospace development and certification experience
• Deep understanding of prototype development lifecycle and the unique requirements for experimental flight test vehicles
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and design practices for system separation (e.g., flight-critical vs. non-critical systems).
• Demonstrated hand-on experience in a prototype environment through prior work or personal projects
• Self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail and systems-thinking approach

At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $124,000 - $198,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.        
        

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

What you’ll do:

• Architect, build, and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows and automated testing pipelines for the GNC and Vehicle Simulation groups using tools like GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
• Support developing and maintaining automated toolchains to generate, compile, and deploy Simulink and MATLAB code across multiple targets, including desktop simulation environments, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) lab hardware, and flight computers for both subscale and full-scale vehicles.
• Architect new, and manage existing, High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure to support large-scale Monte Carlo simulations, batch regression testing, and parallelized simulations and testing
• Manage the critical software interfaces between the "Virtual Vehicle" (Simulink models) and downstream platforms, including managing Interface Control Documents (ICDs), data dictionaries, and signal mapping to embedded middleware.
• Develop C/C++ wrapper functions, S-functions, and harnesses to integrate compiled code and external libraries seamlessly within the MATLAB/Simulink environment.
• Act as a cross-functional engineering multiplier: Leverage your familiarity with aerospace principles to flex across roles, contributing directly to vehicle simulation modeling, physics tooling, or GNC integration tasks when needed.
• Serve as the primary technical bridge between the Flight Dynamics & Control (FD&C) team and the Platform embedded software team, ensuring that complex algorithms translate predictably to real-time execution.

What you need:

• BS/Advanced Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience 
• Foundational understanding of aerospace principles, vehicle dynamics, or GNC concepts, enabling you to speak the exact same language as the engineers whose algorithms you are deploying.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink, specifically including auto-code generation tools (Simulink Coder, Embedded Coder).
• Strong proficiency in modern C/C++ and experience integrating C/C++ with Simulink.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or MATLAB scripting) for automating build systems and testing pipelines.
• Ability to use, understand and leverage modern LLMs and AI based coding tools.

Bonus Qualifications: 

Direct experience developing or verifying GNC/Vehicle Simulation systems in simulation or on hardware is a major plus!!

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) like Linux RT, VxWorks, or QNX.
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems (e.g., Speedgoat, dSPACE, VeriStand).
• Knowledge of communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, RS-422) and middleware (DDS, ROS2).
• Experience with Model-Based Design (MBD) certification standards like DO-331 or safety-critical software development (DO-178C).
• Experience packaging and containerizing simulation environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $170,000 - $215,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

• Embedded Development: Write efficient, robust C++ for Embedded Linux platforms. You know when to follow the rules and when to think laterally to squeeze out performance.
• Agile Execution: Work within an agile sprint driven framework to iterate quickly with short planning and development cycles.
• Hardware Interface: Write drivers and manage communications over common interlinks (Examples: CAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UART). You aren't afraid to reverse-engineer a protocol or write a custom driver if the standard one fails.
• Deep-Dive Debugging: Get your hands dirty with hardware integration and bring-up. You will troubleshoot signal integrity and protocol weirdness using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or network sniffers.
• Resilient Design: Design software with a safety-first mindset. You anticipate edge cases and write defensive code that ensures deterministic behavior, even when assumptions are violated or the hardware does something unexpected.

• Experience: 2–5 years of embedded software engineering
• Core Languages: Strong proficiency in modern C++ (11/14/17/20) for production code. Fluency in Python and Bash for data manipulation, testing, and prototyping.
• Mindset: You are comfortable working with ambiguity. You don’t need a manual for everything; you can figure out how things work (or why they don't) and devise creative workarounds to keep the project moving.
• OS: Solid understanding of Embedded Linux (kernel/user-space interactions) and how to manipulate it via the shell.
• Real-Time: Experience with real-time constraints and resource constrained hardware.
• Build Systems: Familiarity with Yocto, GTest, CMake, ansible is a plus.

At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $142,800 - $220,600. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.        

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

What you’ll do:

• Design and implement flight control algorithms for novel VTOL aircraft
• Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
• Build simulations to verify and validate system requirements
• Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
• Work with the Flight Test team to design tests that safely evaluate the vehicle capabilities
• Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
• Analyze full-scale and sub scale flight data to improve our models
• Author software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC software
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to properly decompose higher level requirements
• Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the Flight Control System.

What you need:

• Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and both classical and modern control theory
• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 10 years of relevant experience OR MS with at least 6 years of relevant experience OR PhD with at least 4 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink

Bonus Qualifications: 

Familiarity with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements

• Experience verifying GNC systems in simulation and on hardware
• Experience with envelope protection
• Experience with modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
• Experience applying system identification techniques to aircraft or rotorcraft
• Knowledge of fault detection and isolation techniques
• Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
• Experience flight testing piloted and/or autonomous aircraft or rotorcraft
• Piloting experience (aircraft or rotorcraft)

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $240,000 - $270,000 Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.