Senior Aircraft Systems Engineer - Electric VTOL

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, CA, building all-electric VTOL aircraft for sustainable air mobility. We seek a senior systems engineer with deep experience in electrical and embedded systems to lead verification and integration efforts.

You will collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure compliant, fully integrated architectures and support flight-test activities. This role requires a strong problem-solving mindset and a passion for learning.

Qualifications

• Degree in EE/SE/Aerospace or related field.
• 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of electronic circuit based equipment with embedded software.
• Experience with electronics circuits design, testing, troubleshooting.
• Experience testing or troubleshooting digital buses.
• Familiarity with Python.
• Familiarity with software development (embedded software preferred).
• Experience developing or working with integrated systems.
• Exposure to requirements management tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage system-level requirements and execute validation and verification activities following Archer processes based on ARP-4754A.
• Coordinate with Systems Engineers to ensure the integrated system meets requirements and is optimized.
• Support suppliers in developing lower-level requirement sets with other systems engineers, technical leads, and SMEs.
• Participate in multidisciplinary integration testing, troubleshooting, and problem solving.
• Support equipment level, system level, and aircraft level testing at Archer or supplier laboratories, and Archer flight test.
• Support development of compliance documentation including test procedures and test reports for validation, verification, and certification.
• Interface directly with other aircraft systems teams, suppliers, laboratories and aircraft testing teams.

Skills

Collaborative mindset

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Electrical Engineering / Software Engineering / Aerospace Engineering (related field)

Tools

Python

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, CA, building all-electric VTOL aircraft for sustainable air mobility. We seek a senior systems engineer with deep experience in electrical and embedded systems to lead verification and integration efforts.

You will collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure compliant, fully integrated architectures and support flight-test activities. This role requires a strong problem-solving mindset and a passion for learning.