Head of Flight Test

Number of employees

900

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Posted on: 2022-04-20

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

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About the company:

Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archer is an aerospace company based in Palo Alto, 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 for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150 mph while producing minimal noise.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p></div><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Build, lead and maintain a diverse team of flight test personnel supporting the development and certification of Archer’s piloted eVTOL aircraft project.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate with the engineering and certification teams to plan and perform all required development and certification flight testing to include on aircraft ground testing.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support the Certification team through all aspects of Type Certification</span> <ul> <li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plan and execute all flight test activities to generate the required data for Company and Certification Reports.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coordinate eVTOL certification requirements for Archer’s flight test program</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ownership of Flight and Aircraft level ground test program&nbsp;</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Including configuration control, Flight Test Safety Risk Management,&nbsp; Function &amp; Reliability testing and other tests as required.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aircraft configuration management, maintenance oversight and modifications to test articles as directed.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participate or delegate representatives to the Flight Test Risk Management Program in compliance with FAA Order 4040.26C.</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Build an integrated flight test instrumentation team</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ensure required ground and flight crew training is performed in support of flight test activities.</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Need</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">10+ years experience in flight test as a flight test engineer or an experimental test pilot</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">10+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams/organizations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with FAA airworthiness certification flight test programs and requirements</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flight Test Safety Risk Management Experience under FAA Order 4040.26C</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flight test configuration management process experience&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ground test planning and execution experience on certification/military projects</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FAA DER - Flight Test Pilot and/or Flight Analyst</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Graduate of an accredited Test Pilot (FTP)/Engineer(FTE) School</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flight experience with both fixed and rotary wing aircraft</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with EASA, Transport Canada (TCCA) and/or ANAC Brazil certifications and requirements</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><h5><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></h5></div>

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