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Archer · 5 days ago

Sr. Manager, Vehicle Management System

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$225K/yr - $281K/yr

10+ 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 Sr. Manager for Vehicle Management System will develop and oversee engineers responsible for the development of the Vehicle Management System, ensuring the integration of various subsystems and leading a multi-disciplinary team.

AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the development of the Vehicle Management System, which include, among others, flight control computers, state estimation sensors, command and control, communications, navigation, and flight termination subsystems

Define roadmaps, schedules and budgets, organize and prioritize the work, track and communicate progress

Propose and evaluate architecture concepts, perform trade-off analyses, and develop the fly-by-wire vehicle management system functional and physical architectures

Define and validate the system, subsystems, and items requirements, define and execute the development plan, verification plan and procedures

Contribute to the integration and test of the system, support aircraft integration and flight test campaigns

Work closely with suppliers to select, procure, design and build components for the system

Qualification

Vehicle Management SystemControl Systems DevelopmentEmbedded SoftwareAgile/SCRUM MethodologiesContinuous Integration/TestingComputer ArchitectureFlight Control SystemsMatlab/SimulinkPythonModeling ToolsARP-4754A KnowledgeDO-254 KnowledgeDO-178C KnowledgeCommunicationOrganizational SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

10+ years of experience in a related field

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace or related field

Experience leading technical teams or projects

Experience developing requirements specifications for control systems

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement full time critical systems

Good understanding of computer architecture, embedded software, communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485, ARINC-429, CAN-FD, Ethernet, TCP/IP etc…)

Experience with all phases of aircraft development from concept to certification and entry into service

Excellent organizational and communication skills

Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies

Experience with continuous integration/continuous testing