Staff Project Engineer - Rotors and Blades

Archer; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 138,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer in New Haven, CT, seeks a Staff Project Engineer – Rotors and Blades to lead development and fabrication efforts for aerospace propulsion hardware. You’ll generate and review CAD drawings, specification packages, and quality plans while supporting ground and flight-test campaigns across development phases.

The role requires a BS in mechanical engineering or related field, 12+ years in aerospace manufacturing (8+ on development/prototype programs), strong supplier management, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering management, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of hands-on aerospace manufacturing experience with a minimum of 8 years on development or prototype programs.
• Experience in tactical project engineering and leadership including supplier management.
• Proficiency interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and manufacturing process specifications.
• Experience working with CAD systems.
• Ability to read and produce fabrication and assembly plans.
• Familiarity with special processes and/or NDI methods.
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems (AS9100, FAA Part 21/145 environments).
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting aptitude and structured problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Generate, review, and/or edit engineering CAD and drawings, process specifications, and quality plans
• Support development test campaigns — including fabrication of ground test articles and other test specimens as well as flight hardware — through all phases from raw fabrication through post-processing and NDI
• Work with the design team to ensure manufacturability, and create or modify designs when required.
• Work with the team to develop fabrication and assembly plans and strategies
• Assist with the fabrication of large-scale hardware and test facilities.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing non-conformances, process anomalies, and test anomalies in collaboration with engineering; disposition discrepancies and drive root cause resolution
• Travel to test sites, supplier facilities, and customer locations to provide direct fabrication and assembly support.
• Maintain clean records and reports to assist with future efforts

Skills

Aerospace manufacturing

Supplier management

Engineering CAD

GD&T

AS9100 familiarity

NDI methods

Fabrication planning

Root cause analysis

Technical problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering management, or related technical field

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Staff Project Engineer - Rotors and Blades

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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.

What You’ll Do:

• Generate, review, and/or edit engineering CAD and drawings, process specifications, and quality plans
• Support development test campaigns — including fabrication of ground test articles and other test specimens as well as flight hardware — through all phases from raw fabrication through post-processing and NDI
• Work with the design team to ensure manufacturability, and create or modify designs when required.
• Work with the team to develop fabrication and assembly plans and strategies
• Assist with the fabrication of large-scale hardware and test facilities.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing non-conformances, process anomalies, and test anomalies in collaboration with engineering; disposition discrepancies and drive root cause resolution
• Travel to test sites, supplier facilities, and customer locations to provide direct fabrication and assembly support.
• Maintain clean records and reports to assist with future efforts

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, engineering management, or a related technical field
• 12+ years of hands-on experience in aerospace manufacturing with a minimum of 8 years on development or prototype programs
• Experience in tactical project engineering and leadership including supplier management
• Proficiency interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and manufacturing process specifications
• Experience working with CAD systems
• Ability to read and produce fabrication and assembly plans
• Familiarity with special processes and/or NDI methods
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems (AS9100, FAA Part 21/145 environments)
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting aptitude and structured problem-solving approach

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience operating or working in a prototype or model shop: CNC machining, manual lathe/mill, waterjet, wire/plunge EDM
• Expertise in composite structures — wet layup, prepreg, autoclave cure, out-of-autoclave processes, and secondary bonding
• Familiarity with eVTOL, UAV, or other novel aircraft development environments
• Experience with structural test article build and instrumentation

At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $138,200 - $190,100. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at [e-mail] . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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