Senior Data Engineer, Archer
Flight Test Analysis & Powertrain Performance
$134.4-168k
More information about location
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
$134.4-168k
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
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering roles, preferably with exposure to aerospace, automotive, or other hardware testing environments
- Strong programming skills in Python (object-oriented design patterns, multiprocessing), SQL (query optimization, indexing strategies), and MATLAB (signal processing, numerical algorithms) with expertise in developing efficient data transformation pipelines
- Knowledge of data infrastructure and DevOps. with experience in transformation workflows, Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, Docker/Kubernetes for containerized deployments
- Experience with time-series data analysis in time and frequency domain for handling high-frequency sensor data
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for server-based and serverless data processing
- Familiarity with modern data visualization tools including interactive dashboarding frameworks (Prometheus), and open-source visualization libraries
- Understanding of CI/CD practices for automated testing and delivery of data systems
Desirable
- Experience with aerospace testing protocols and data standards
- Background in electric vehicle or powertrain testing
- Knowledge of battery performance analysis
- Exposure to control systems data analysis
- Experience with MATLAB or similar engineering analysis tools
- Understanding of aerospace certification processes and data requirements
- Experience leveraging GPU acceleration for large-scale data transformation and machine learning workflows
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to develop and maintain robust data pipelines for our flight testing, powertrain testing, and component testing operations
- This role will be critical in ensuring efficient data flow from our aircraft systems to our engineering teams, enabling rapid iteration and validation of our eVTOL technologies
- You'll design, implement, and optimize data pipelines to ingest, process, and store telemetry data from flight tests, powertrain tests, and component tests
- Develop automated systems to validate data quality, flag anomalies, and ensure data integrity across testing platforms
- Create and maintain scalable data processing architecture that can handle high-frequency sensor data from multiple aircraft systems
- Work closely with flight test engineers to understand data requirements and develop tools for efficient analysis of flight performance metrics
- Build real-time and batch processing solutions for powertrain performance monitoring, including electric motor efficiency, battery performance, and thermal management systems
- Implement data visualization solutions that allow engineers to quickly identify trends and anomalies in test data
- Collaborate with aerospace engineers to develop specialized analytics for aerodynamic performance, structural loads, and flight controls
- Establish data governance practices for test data, ensuring proper versioning, security, and accessibility
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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