Role overview

Qualifications

Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or mentoring a team of engineers
Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and control theory
BS in Aerospace Engineering or related field with 12 years experience, MS with 8 years, or PhD with 6 years
Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of GNC engineers in Munich
Set technical strategy and roadmap for GNC efforts
Design and implement flight control algorithms for VTOL aircraft
Represent GNC in program-level design reviews

Key facts

Remote from: Germany
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Hard skills

Flight Control Systems Vehicle Dynamics Control Theories MATLAB Simulink Performance Analysis Computer System Validation Business Simulation Test Planning Trade Marketing System Requirements Scientific Modeling Sensors System Identification Trajectory Planning Flight Testing Engineering Management Federal Aviation Regulations Technical Supervision

Other skills

Team Management
Mentorship
Collaboration
Critical Thinking

About the company

Archer

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Job description

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

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:

Lead and grow a team of GNC engineers based in Munich — providing technical direction and mentorship, and owning day-to-day people management including hiring, performance, and career development
Set technical strategy and roadmap for GNC efforts at the Munich site, in alignment with global GNC leadership and architecture based in San Jose
Remain hands-on: design and implement flight control algorithms for novel VTOL aircraft alongside the team
Review and approve technical designs, requirements, and test plans authored by the team
Represent GNC in program-level design reviews and communicate technical status, risk, and tradeoffs to cross-functional and executive stakeholders
Implement creative solutions to efficiently verify complex systems and software
Build simulations to verify and validate system requirements
Run trade studies to inform aircraft design and system architecture
Work with the Flight Test team to design tests that safely evaluate the vehicle's capabilities
Improve the fidelity and capabilities of our vehicle and environment simulation models
Analyze full-scale and sub-scale flight data to improve our models
Author and review software requirements and test cases that drive the design of GNC software
Collaborate with Systems Engineering to properly decompose higher-level requirements
Collaborate with Systems Safety and Systems Engineering to identify and correct any deficiencies in the Flight Control System

What you need:

Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or mentoring a team of engineers, including setting technical direction and developing talent
Strong knowledge of vehicle dynamics, optimization, and both classical and modern control theory
BS in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with at least 12 years of relevant experience OR MS with at least 8 years of relevant experience OR PhD with at least 6 years of relevant experience
Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink
Comfortable operating in a hands-on, individual-contributor capacity while also leading a team

Bonus Qualifications:

Familiarity with aircraft or rotorcraft performance and handling qualities requirements
Experience verifying GNC systems in simulation and on hardware
Experience with envelope protection
Experience with modeling physics, sensors, and actuators
Experience applying system identification techniques to aircraft or rotorcraft
Knowledge of fault detection and isolation techniques
Experience implementing trajectory generation and/or optimization algorithms
Experience flight testing piloted and/or autonomous aircraft or rotorcraft
Piloting experience (aircraft or rotorcraft)
Experience managing engineering teams within a regulated aerospace or automotive environment

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 people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Archer's Candidate Privacy Policy.

Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time.

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to People@archer.com. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.

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