Senior Software Engineer, Archer

Electric Engine

$134.4-168k

C++
C
MatLab
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Jose, CA

Archer

Urban air mobility developer

Open for applications

Archer

Urban air mobility developer

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityTransportManufacturingFlightsAerospace

Open for applications

$134.4-168k

C++
C
MatLab
Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Jose, CA

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityTransportManufacturingFlightsAerospace

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
  • 5+ years of experience in a related field
  • At least a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree
  • Proficiency with C/C++
  • Experience with safety critical software development standards (DO-178C, ISO 26262, ASIL) to high criticality levels (DAL-A/B or ASIL C/D)
  • Experience with Motor Control
  • Hands-on experience through the Full Software Development Life Cycle (development through verification and certification/qualification)
  • Experience developing software on bare-metal systems
  • Understanding of communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485, CAN, ARINC-429, AFDX, Ethernet, TCP/IP, SPI, I2C, PCIe etc…)
  • Familiarity with diverse tools and technologies used for the development, testing and analysis
  • Experience working on software motor control systems
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills

Desirable

  • Experience with DO-254
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink
  • Experience with tools qualification (DO-330)
  • Experience with modeling tools/certification (DO-331)
  • Familiarity with modeling tools like UML or SysML
  • Experience developing with RTOS
  • Experience with board bring up and driver development

What the job involves

  • Conduct development and verification for certifiable safety critical software components of the aircraft motor control system software
  • Participate in the definition and documentation of streamlined software development and verification processes supporting the certification of safety critical software to comply with DO-178C
  • Work with systems engineers to decompose item requirements into high-level and low-level software requirements in compliance with DO-178C
  • Work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, verify and certify complex hardware/software systems
  • Foster team collaboration to promote and support personal development

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Insights

Top investors

44% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (1 round)

Jul 2020

$55.7m

SERIES A

Total funding: $55.7m

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.

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