Staff Flight Controls Engineer

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 for 100 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: (specifics on what the role entails and what is to be expected of the candidate on a daily basis)

• Design and implement flight control requirements and algorithms for novel electric VTOL aircraft guidance, navigation, and control logics.
• Design and implement requirements for the aircraft sensors and state estimation algorithms, including sensors selection, voting, monitoring, fault detection, and sensor fusion.
• Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
• Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
• Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
• Author and validate system and software requirements and test cases that drive the design of the GNC and State Estimation software
• Support the integration and test of the flight control system and evaluate system performance during aircraft lab integration and flight test campaigns
• Analyze flight and lab test data to improve our models
• 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.
• Collaborate with Software Engineering to properly implement and verify flight control system algorithms
  
  

What you need: (degrees, skills, years of experience, etc.)

• Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics 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 8 years of relevant experience OR PhD with at least 6 years of relevant experience
• High proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink
  
  

Bonus Qualifications:

Familiarity with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements

• Experience with envelope protection
• Experience with modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
• Experience with source selection and fault detection of redundant sensors inputs
• Experience with sensor signal processing and sensor fusion algorithms such as Kalman Filters
• Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
• Technical knowledge of aircraft inertial sensor types like AHRS, INS, GNSS, and others such as Air Data Systems and Radar Altimeters
• Experience with SAE ARP4754A, RTCA DO-178C, or RTCA DO-331
• 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.

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 151,680 - 189,600. 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.

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.