Job Description
Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.
Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.
What We Are Looking For: - As a Lead Flight Control System Engineer you will oversee the entire lifecycle of the aircraft's flight control system, from design and development to testing and implementation, ensuring compliance with regulations and industry standards.
Design and Development :
- Acquire deep knowledge and understanding of inner workings of Archer's fly-by-wire Flight Control System
- Develop and coordinate development of complex system functions, following established system development processes guided by ARP-4754A
- Design and implement requirements and algorithms for the flight control system and its subsystems.
- Design and implement requirements for the aircraft sensors and state estimation algorithms, including sensor selection, voting, monitoring, fault detection, and sensor fusion.
- Perform analyses supporting system development
- Conduct trade studies to optimize design choices and control schemes
System Integration and Testing :
- Oversee the integration of flight control systems with other aircraft systems.
- Lead the development and execution of test plans, including ground and flight tests.
- Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
- Analyze flight and lab test data to support new developments and troubleshooting of existing problems
Compliance and Certification: - Author and maintain the system certification plan
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., ARP 4754A, DO-178C, 14 CFR Part 23)
- Interface with certification authorities
- Generate and review system analyses, engineering drawings, specifications, and documentation
Coolaboration: - Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the flight control system.
- Collaborate with Software Engineering to properly implement and verify flight control system algorithms
- Collaborate with Certification when developing certification plans and showing compliance with certification regulations
- Be the voice of the system when collaborating with multiple areas and departments of the company, such as flight sciences, flight test, flight operation, flight training, production, maintenance, etc.
What you need: (degrees, skills, years of experience, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of fly-by-wire flight control systems or vehicle management systems development, integration, and certification.
- At least 10 years of direct experience working with flight control or vehicle management systems
- BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field
Bonus Qualifications: - Familiarity with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements
- Experience with modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
- Experience with source selection and fault detection of redundant sensors inputs
- Technical knowledge of electro-mechanical actuation
- Technical knowledge of aircraft sensors such as AHRS, INS, GNSS, and others such as Air Data Systems and Radar Altimeters
- Experience with SAE ARP4754A, RTCA DO-178C, or RTCA DO-331
- Prior work with certification of airplanes or rotorcraft, including knowledge of federal airworthiness standards such as 14 CFR Part 23, 25, 27 or 29
At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $186,240 - 232,800. 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.
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Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time.
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.
Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to People@archer.com. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.
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