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:
- Design manufacturing and R&D test equipment controls in-house to support early stage prototyping.
- Participate in first piece builds to characterize and develop both product and process critical parameters to control the manufacturing process.
- Develop documentation to help ensure supplier work standardization during equipment project execution.
- Manage the procurement, construction, acceptance, and deployment of production/test equipment.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams including IT, Production Engineering, EH&S, Quality, Operations, and Product Design regularly.
- Drive actions to maintain or improve equipment performance as measured by product quality, cycle time, and machine availability.
- Take ownership of full integration including HMI development, data logging, post processing support and system optimization.
What You Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronic Engineering, or equivalent & related practical experience.
- 2+ years related experience in medium to high volume manufacturing.
- Direct experience programming and troubleshooting industrial automation
- Experience commissioning and improving Equipment.
- Strong hands-on and problem solving aptitude.
- Ability and drive to learn systems quickly.
- Experience developing production lines from prototype to production.
- Able to utilize structured problem solving techniques such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Why (5W) or Eight Disciplines (8D).
- Proficiency using Beckhoff PLC's
- Expertise with HMI and SCADA systems.
- Familiarity with CAN, Modbus, EtherCAT, RS232, RS485 communication protocols
- Excellent communicator, both in presentations and written reports.
- Able to maintain organization and focus in a highly dynamic environment.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Prior internships or full-time experience in Aerospace manufacturing engineering or similar role. (Automotive experience also accepted)
- Relevant test engineering experience with LabVIEW, Python, etc.
- Familiarity with electrical CAD software (AutoCAD, EPLAN, SolidWorks Electrical, etc.) a plus
- Experience with DAQ systems including analog/digital I/O, signal conditioning, high-speed data logging.
- Experience with high voltage equipment and safety protocols
