Company details

San Jose, CA

HEADCOUNT

1000-2999

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://archer.com/

About the company

Archer Aviation is developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft called Midnight, aimed at short-range urban air taxi trips. Archer Aviation also talks about building an “electric airline” model, meaning the company plans to design, manufacture, and operate aircraft rather than only selling them. Archer Aviation is headquartered in San Jose, California and is working through certification with aviation regulators before broad commercial rollout.

Locations and presence

Archer Aviation’s roles are heavily centered in San Jose, California, and Archer Aviation has a large manufacturing facility (ARC) in Covington, Georgia connected to the Covington Municipal Airport. Many roles appear on-site-first, including postings that explicitly require five days on-site, though some postings list remote as an option depending on team.

Palpable Score

69.3

/ 100

Archer Aviation is a credible early-career target because Archer Aviation runs a structured 10-week summer internship program with many technical intern openings and publishes pay ranges on those roles. The trade-off is predictability: interview experiences and onboarding support look uneven across teams, and Archer Aviation does not publish early-career outcomes like intern conversion rates or promotion timelines.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

15.8

/ 20

The company runs a 10-week full-time summer internship program with fixed program dates and multiple intern roles across engineering, software, and operations.

Archer Aviation’s public job board shows recurring intern hiring across several departments at the same time, including roles like Fly-by-Wire Engineering Intern and iOS Engineer Intern.

The company’s non-intern “junior” options are less clear because some accessible roles still require prior experience and Archer Aviation does not show a named graduate rotation or “new grad” track on the main job board.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

12.3

/ 20

The company’s postings include practical constraints up front, such as set internship dates, on-site expectations, and visa sponsorship limits for specific roles.

Archer Aviation has widely reported interview patterns on candidate feedback platforms that outline common stages like phone screens, panels, presentations, and skills tests.

The company has candidate reports of recruiter silence and long timelines for some roles alongside fast loops for others, which makes process consistency harder to trust.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

13.7

/ 20

The company publishes employee policy language that includes learning support such as a learning and development benefit or digital learning access, depending on role and policy version.

Archer Aviation has employee review feedback mentioning smooth onboarding and responsive recruiting or HR, which is a useful signal for first-job hires.

The company also has reviews noting limited new-hire training resources and Archer Aviation does not publish a clear early-career onboarding curriculum or mentor structure, so support likely varies by team.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company posts hourly pay ranges for internships and publishes base salary ranges for some full-time roles, which helps early-career candidates benchmark offers before interviews.

Archer Aviation’s public policy documents describe benefits like a 401(k) plan with a company match and paid parental leave eligibility, which are meaningful stability signals for first full-time roles.

The company’s internship postings state relocation or housing is not provided, which can make “paid internship” less workable for students outside the Bay Area.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.5

/ 20

The company has mostly positive employee sentiment on major review platforms, but the same sources also include sharp negative feedback on leadership transparency and workload, pointing to uneven day-to-day outcomes by team.

Archer Aviation has public runway signals that reduce near-term shutdown risk, including a large funding round and liquidity figures reported in 2025 while the company continues certification work.

The company does not publish early-career outcomes like intern conversion rates, retention, or typical time-to-promotion, which limits confidence about what “good progression” looks like after the first year.

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