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Staff Flight Sciences Tools Development Engineer

Archer Technologies · San Jose, California, United States · On-site

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About Archer Technologies

Building the aircraft and technologies to define the next era of aerospace and defense. Backed by AlleyCorp.

About the role

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Domain Foundation: Strong foundation in GNC, flight dynamics, and controls concepts, enabling you to speak the same language as the engineers whose tools you build
  • Tool Development: Expert-level proficiency developing and integrating custom analysis tools in MATLAB, Python, and C/C++
  • Model-Based Design: Strong experience with model-based design and simulation in Simulink
  • CI/CD: Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for MATLAB/Simulink toolchains
  • HPC: Experience with HPC computing (Linux, Slurm, MATLAB Parallel Computing Toolbox) for large-scale simulation
  • Dynamics & Modeling: Experience with 6DOF or multi-body vehicle dynamics simulation and state-space modeling
More about this role

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.

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.

  • Tools Development: Partner with the Flight Dynamics & Controls (FD&C) and GNC teams to design, build, and maintain the analysis and simulation tools they depend on, including aero parameter delivery pipelines, automated 6DOF plant model generation, trim and linearization utilities, and data reduction and validation tools.
  • Toolchain Automation & Deployment: Own the automated toolchain that generates, builds, tests, and deploys MATLAB/Simulink models and analysis code...

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