- Salary
- $200k – $209k
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
- Department
- Thrust Unit
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Greenhouse
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 You’ll Do
- Responsible for the detailed design of Archer’s Electric Engine, with a focus on the integration of the motor, gearbox, inverter, and thermo-lubrication systems.
- Have direct design ownership over several components and be responsible for moving these parts through design, manufacturing/assembly, and test/validation phases.
- Develop innovative solutions to design problems.
- Design mechanical components like gears, shafts, pumps, structural housings, fasteners, oil transfer devices, etc.
- Create component drawings and work with suppliers to manufacture designs.
- Perform component level finite element analysis to validate designs.
- Present in design reviews.
- Design test setups for design validation.
- Support engineering prototype builds and design validation testing.
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Minimum Experience Requirement: Aerospace Design Engineer or related job title in which 60 months of experience in Mechanical design, Gearbox design, Engine/propulsion design was gained.
Alternate Education Requirement: Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Alternate Experience requirement: Aerospace Design Engineer or related job title in which 24 months of experience in Mechanical design, Gearbox design, Engine/propulsion design was gained.
Travel Requirement: 10% domestic and international travel required.
Please apply online at: https://www.archer.com/careers. Must put job code SJ2026AP 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 $199,500 to $209,475 per year. #LI-DNI
