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Archer · 1 day ago

Flight Test Instrumentation Mechanical Design Lead

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$186K/yr - $233K/yr

7+ years exp

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. The Flight Test Instrumentation Mechanical Design Lead will support the design and certification efforts of the aircraft, focusing on mechanical installation design and collaboration with engineering teams.

AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Support the Design, Fabrication, Developmental Test, and Certification Efforts of Archer’s piloted eVTOL aircraft project

Perform the Mechanical Installation Design for all Flight Test Instrumentation related hardware for flight test aircraft

Support the Installation planning and liaison manufacturing for the installation of flight test instrumentation onto test aircraft in buildup and in active test

Work with internal customers and vendors to solve instrumentation and measurement related challenges

Key advisor to the Instrumentation Director regarding all aircraft instrumentation mechanical design activities

Develop processes and documentation to support the installation and maintenance of flight test instrumentation

Collaborate with the Flight Test Engineering and Certification Teams to plan and perform all required development and certification flight test activities

Collaborate with all engineering design and analysis teams to establish a comprehensive instrumentation plan including, but not limited to, monitoring of strain, temperature, vibration, pressure, airdata, ECS, etc

Assist in designing all hardware required for flight test. For example, instrumentation racks, air data booms, aircrew interfaces, workstations, camera systems, telemetry systems, etc

Support instrumentation technicians and Aircraft Operations Team in the implementation of instrumentation designs

Ensure flight test instrumentation activities are completed on time and within budget

Qualification

Mechanical Design EngineeringInstrumentation EngineeringFlight Test InstrumentationSiemens NXDesign for ManufacturingConfiguration ManagementTraining on Design TopicsWork Instructions GenerationWire Routing