Senior Staff Systems Engineer
Core
Define, design, validate, and verify system-level requirements for flight control actuation systems on Archer's aircraft (Midnight and Halo), ensuring compliance with product and regulatory standards.
Role type
Senior Staff Systems Engineer (Flight Control Actuation)
Builds
Flight control actuation systems for all-electric air taxis and autonomous vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
Domain
Aerospace and Defense / Aviation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Systems engineering, requirement management, multi-disciplinary integration, validation and verification processes, compliance documentation, architecture definition, trade studies, supplier coordination, harsh environment design, EMI/EMC design
Preferred skills
Civil aviation systems engineering standards, formal V&V activities, low/high voltage electronics design, board layout, Matlab/Simulink, Python
Technologies
Requirements management tools, Matlab/Simulink, Python
Responsibilities
Author and manage flight control and actuation system-level product requirements; coordinate with systems and safety engineering teams to define functional breakdowns and interfaces; participate in architecture definition and trade studies; review and assess internal and supplier designs for correctness and quality; coordinate validation and verification processes; contribute to system certification plans and compliance checklists; support development of aircraft-level technical documentation.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight