Systems Integration Lead, Archer
Flight Controls Software
$163.2-204k
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Office located in San Jose, CA
Urban air mobility developer
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Urban air mobility developer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$163.2-204k
More information about location
Office located in San Jose, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the benefits of sustainable air mobility.
Role
Who you are
- Collaborative mindset
- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication
- Excellent organizational skills
- Passion for learning and problem solving
- 10+ years of experience working with critical, complex, real-time embedded systems
- Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree
- Experience with fight controls, avionics, powertrain, or related systems
- Experience with systems verification
- Working knowledge of hardware and software integration in a lab environment
- Understanding of communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485, CAN, ARINC-429, AFDX, Ethernet, TCP/IP, etc.)
- Familiarity with debuggers and lab instruments such as oscilloscopes and bus analyzers
- Proficiency with C language
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink
- Fluency with widely used scripting languages like bash and Python
Desirable
- Experience with tools development and automation
- Familiarity with safety standards like DO-178C and ARP4754 to high criticality levels
- Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and multi-threading
- Experience with FPGAs and VHDL or Verilog languages
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced engineer to join the Flight Controls Software Team at Archer
- This role has a strong focus on the integration of the Archer’s fault tolerant flight controls computer with the other aircraft systems, such as avionics, batteries, engines and surface actuators
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate and test the aircraft flight controls software
- Closely work with aircraft systems, verification, flight test, and integration teams
- Perform functional and requirement-based testing on a variety of environments, including simulators, software labs, systems labs and aircraft prototypes
- Navigate through systems and software requirements, architecture diagrams, Simulink models, C source code files, lab stations configuration files and supplier documents to quickly identify issues and propose integrated solutions
- Organize and prioritize work in order to lead other engineers to efficiently solve problems
- Manage and disposition problem reports found during test campaigns and interface with the software development team to implement corrective actions
- Support aircraft production, ground and flight testing troubleshooting
- Develop and continuously improve processes & guidelines to increase safety and efficiency
- Participate in planning, design, scheduling, prioritizing, and tracking the project
Our take
Electric air taxis may sound like a pipedream, but companies like Archer are in the process of testing models that they hope to begin producing at scale in 2025. Designed to be quiet and efficient, its current model can fly at speeds of 150 miles per hour and cover 60 miles per flight. With urban transport in mind, these air taxis are both greener and vastly more efficient than traditional vehicles.
Given the congestion and pollution issues that many cities are facing, it's easy to imagine such transport taking over. It’s also worth noting that although Archer plans to run them with human pilots initially, the company has automation as part of its long-term goals.
Other players exist in this space: EHang, a Chinese firm, flew its first aerial taxi in America in 2020. However, Archer has big backers and customers such as United Airlines (acting both as an investor and launch customer) and manufacturing partner Stellantis with whom it is mass-producing its flagship Midnight eVTOL aircraft.
There's certainly a growing demand for clean transport without sacrificing speed, but many barriers still remain in Archer's way as it must help to initiate a seismic shift in transportation infrastructure and behaviors to reach mass adoption. That being said, it has the funding behind it, raising close to $2 billion in post-IPO funding since 2021.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$55.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.7m
Company HQ
Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Adam Goldstein
(CEO)Started their career in financial services, before co-founding Vettery, a talent marketplace, in 2012. Founded Archer in 2018.
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