Dimensional Engineer - Aerospace for All-Electric VTOL

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, CA, delivering all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable mobility. This role focuses on defining and executing dimensional management for the complete vehicle design, working with design, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure dimensional integrity from concept through launch.

You will drive tolerance models, GD&T implementations, and measurement strategies, leveraging NX and 3DCS, to maintain tight control over dimensional

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in dimensional engineering within product development
• Proven expertise in Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and Design for Dimensional Control
• Expert in GD&T with ASME considerations preferred
• Experience with dimensional variation analysis and measurement systems
• Knowledge of production and quality control in manufacturing
• Experience applying dimensional engineering in product design including variation analysis and datum coordination
• Experience with large bonded structures, prepregs, and machined/formed metals

Responsibilities

• Define, develop and execute dimensional management for complete vehicle design architecture and assembly
• Create dimensional tolerance stack models in 3DCS and validate with design, manufacturing and quality teams
• Develop gaging and indexing strategies and drive strategies for better dimensional quality
• Review and propose GD&T implementations and improvements in measurability and manufacturability
• Analyze, troubleshoot and develop control plans to meet dimensional metrics and contain variation
• Lead dimensional build activities during tooling trials at launch to achieve dimensional-spec hardware
• Perform virtual builds from 3D scans
• Develop/Support Archer dimensional standards

Skills

Dimensional engineering

GD&T

Design for manufacturing

Design for assembly

Design for dimensional control

Measurement systems

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

NX CAD

3DCS

Faro Arms

Light Scanners

PDM systems

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, CA, delivering all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable mobility. This role focuses on defining and executing dimensional management for the complete vehicle design, working with design, manufacturing and quality teams to ensure dimensional integrity from concept through launch.

You will drive tolerance models, GD&T implementations, and measurement strategies, leveraging NX and 3DCS, to maintain tight control over dimensional