Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Methods & Standards (Aerospace)

Archer; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer in San Jose, California, is scaling production of its all-electric eVTOL aircraft. As Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Methods and Standards you will unify methods across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization, consolidating processes into a central knowledge base and partnering with Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Certification teams.

You will define facility planning standards, tooling requirements, and test equipment approaches, mentor engineers, and drive continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in aerospace manufacturing engineering or a similarly complex, regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain standardized manufacturing engineering methods and best practices across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization.
• Define common frameworks for manufacturing planning, process definition, work instruction structure, and build readiness across development, certification, and production phases.
• Lead the definition of facility planning standards, including space allocation, line layouts, material flow, aisleways, egress, and infrastructure requirements.
• Define and standardize tooling and ground support equipment (GSE) requirements, including classification, readiness criteria, and integration into manufacturing plans.
• Develop standardized approaches for test and functional test equipment, ensuring alignment with build sequencing, quality, and certification requirements.
• Partner closely with MDE functional teams, Industrialization, Quality, Facilities, and Operations to ensure standards are practical, scalable, and aligned with execution realities.
• Support governance of standards adoption, identify gaps through build feedback, and drive continuous improvement based on data and lessons learned.
• Act as a technical resource and mentor for MDE engineers, enabling consistent execution across programs and teams.

Skills

Manufacturing planning

Process definition

Work instructions

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems thinking

Communication

FAA certification familiarity

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

SAP

Job description

Archer in San Jose, California, is scaling production of its all-electric eVTOL aircraft. As Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Methods and Standards you will unify methods across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization, consolidating processes into a central knowledge base and partnering with Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Certification teams.

You will define facility planning standards, tooling requirements, and test equipment approaches, mentor engineers, and drive continuous