Senior Flight Sciences Program Lead

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California, building an all-electric VTOL aircraft for sustainable air mobility. The Senior Flight Sciences Program Manager will coordinate across Aerodynamics, Acoustics, Vehicle Performance, and Flight Simulation to ensure technical, schedule, and cost alignment for analysis, simulation, and test activities.

The role requires strong technical intuition and disciplined program execution in a fast-paced environment, with duties spanning planning,

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in program management or engineering roles.
• Experience in flight sciences disciplines supporting design, integration and test.
• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience distilling large information into executive communication.
• Proven cross-functional dependency management and complex scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships across Flight Sciences, Engineering, Flight Test, and Supply Chain.
• Act as primary interface between Flight Sciences and stakeholders on deliverables and priorities.
• Own execution for assigned Flight Sciences scope and milestones.
• Plan and execute analysis, simulation, and test campaigns for vehicle development and certification.
• Develop schedules for simulation, aero/acoustic analyses, wind tunnel tests, and flight test correlation.
• Lead program kickoffs, reviews, and milestone/gate reviews; report progress.
• Drive supplier performance to meet contractual milestones in Flight Sciences.
• Identify and close program risks and opportunities focusing on performance and schedule.
• Present executive summaries and readiness metrics to senior leadership.

Skills

Schedule drivers

Critical paths

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelors in Aerospace or Mechanical Eng

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California, building an all-electric VTOL aircraft for sustainable air mobility. The Senior Flight Sciences Program Manager will coordinate across Aerodynamics, Acoustics, Vehicle Performance, and Flight Simulation to ensure technical, schedule, and cost alignment for analysis, simulation, and test activities.

The role requires strong technical intuition and disciplined program execution in a fast-paced environment, with duties spanning planning,