Senior Engineer, Flight Modeling & Simulation (SJ2025VD)

Number of employees

900

San Jose, California, United States, United States

Posted on: 2025-05-09

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

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 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 You’ll Do:
• Develop Flight Simulation Physics Models for eVTOL aircraft.
• Conduct vehicle-level trade studies.
• Update system electrical, thermal, and performance model fidelity based on lab and flight test data to support vehicle certification.
• Work with internal and external suppliers to integrate their systems with vehicle-level simulation.
• Conduct design and analysis activities to verify business and regulatory requirements will be met with high confidence.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 5 years of experience as eVTOL Modeling and Simulation Engineer or a related job title in which experience developing Matlab Simulink models of eVTOL aircraft, eVTOL control algorithms, eVTOL flight control hardware, and flight dynamics modeling and simulation was gained.

ALTERNATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.

ALTERNATE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: 2 years of experience as eVTOL Modeling and Simulation Engineer or a related job in which experience developing Matlab Simulink models of eVTOL aircraft, eVTOL control algorithms, eVTOL flight control hardware, and flight dynamics modeling and simulation was gained.

Please apply online at: https://www.archer.com/careers. Must put job code SJ2025VD on resume/CV and cover letter.

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. For this position we are offering $200,000-$220,000 per year.

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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 [email protected]. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.

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