Sr. Staff Engineer, Mechanical Integration

  • Archer Aviation
  • San Jose, California
  • Full Time

What you'll do:

  • Collaborate with various engineering disciplines to design high-reliability, safety-critical systems for an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft
  • Zonal management of the digital mock-up for a large section of the aircraft
  • Control space allocation for all subsystems
  • Manage routing envelopes for all subsystems
  • Ensure all subsystems are accessible and maintainable
  • Manage interface requirements models (IRMs) for their zone
  • Manage the top aircraft assembly part number and BOM structure
  • Hold regular design fly through meetings resolving any conflicts and maturing the design through CDR
  • Manage master geometry models for the respective zone
  • Ensure all system separation requirements are upheld
  • Work closely with manufacturing engineering to ensure the aircraft zone is designed for manufacturing

What you need:

  • 10+ years of systems or structural design engineering experience
  • BS, MS, or PhD in engineering
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Experience working on type certification of an aircraft from start to finish under 14 CFR Part 23/25/27/29 or equivalent regulations
  • Expert in CAD design and BOM management

Bonus qualifications:

  • 2+ years leading teams
  • Prior experience with EWIS or Environmental control systems
  • Prior experience in structures design
  • Shop floor liaison engineering experience
  • Model based engineering definition experience

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 $186,240 - $232,800. 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 .... Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Job ID: 490195144
Originally Posted on: 8/21/2025

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