Manager, Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer

Number of employees

900

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Posted on: 2022-06-08

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

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.

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. 

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 You’ll Do

  • Build, lead and maintain a diverse team of flight test instrumentation personnel supporting the development and certification of Archer’s piloted eVTOL aircraft project.
  • Maintain configuration control of the data acquisition system.
  • Design, install and maintain the data acquisition system and associated hardware and software.
  • Ensure data is processed post-flight.
  • Develop software to create GUI interfaces required for real-time and post-flight data visualization on and off aircraft. 
  • Ensure flight test instrumentation activities are completed on time and within budget.
  • Key advisor to the Head of Flight Test regarding all aircraft instrumentation activities.
  • Develop processes and documentation to support the installation and maintenance of flight test instrumentation.
  • Collaborate with the flight test, engineering and certification teams to plan and perform all required development and certification flight test activities.
  • Collaborate with all engineering design and analysis teams to establish a comprehensive instrumentation plan including, but not limited to, all strain monitoring, temperature monitoring, vibration monitoring, pressure monitoring, airflow monitoring, etc.   
  • Lead a team that will design all instrumentation wiring, termination, and integration with the aircraft.
  • Lead a team that will design all hardware required for flight test including but not limited to instrumentation racks, air data booms, etc.

What You Need

  • B.S. in Engineering.
  • 10+ years experience as instrumentation engineer & experimental flight test
  • Experience with data acquisition hardware and telemetry operations and standards.
  • Ability to work with Matlab.
  • Experience with instrumentation systems design and implementation on experimental aircraft. 
  • Flight test configuration management process experience. 

Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience in a leadership role.
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.

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