Archer · 5 hours ago
Staff Flight Sciences Software and HPC Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $218K/yr
5+ years expArcher 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 role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining software libraries and applications to enhance engineering efficiency, as well as managing high-performance computing resources for the Flight Sciences department.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain internal software libraries and applications as well as computing infrastructure to enable engineers to solve problems faster and more efficiently
Promote the use of shared computational infrastructure, tools, and practices across engineering teams within the Flight Sciences department
Develop processes and software tools to improve the reproducibility and traceability of computations
Drive the implementation of such tools
Promote a culture of software excellence across the engineering organization
Understand the needs of various engineering teams to efficiently utilize High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, and make informed decisions on infrastructure solutions to ensure optimal resource utilization and cost savings
Maintain and administer on-premises HPC resources
Advocate for engineering and computing needs with the company-wide IT department
Qualification
Required
Master's or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, or a related field
5+ years of experience as a user and developer of scientific/engineering software for flight sciences or similar disciplines (such as aerodynamics, acoustics, control, loads, thermal analysis, mass properties, vehicle simulation, etc.) in a fast-moving environment
Demonstrated experience in developing computing software and infrastructure, with proficiency in the scientific Python ecosystem (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch, VTK)
Demonstrated experience in standard best practices in software development, including version control, CI/CD, software testing, environment management
Demonstrated experience with the design and administration of HPC systems, either on-premise or cloud (AWS preferred). Knowledge of Linux administration, high speed network interconnects, parallel file systems, and MPI required
Experience with HPC management software (Slurm/PBS/Torque, OpenHPC/Bright, Warewulf/XCat, Spack/EasyBuild, Lmod)
Good understanding of enterprise IT and common network security practices
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Preferred
Experience as an engineer in one or more of the following areas of aircraft design - aerodynamics, conceptual design, rotor/propeller design, vehicle simulation, loads and dynamics, structural design, stress analysis, GNC
Contributions to open source scientific software projects
Experience with MATLAB and Simulink
Proficiency in one or more compiled languages (e.g. C/C++, Fortran, Rust)
Familiarity with databases (SQL, NoSQL, time-series) and database application design (ORM/ODM)
Experience with software packaging (Pip, Conda, Spack) and containerization technologies (Docker/Singularity/Shifter) for scientific software
Familiarity with software configuration management tools (Chef/Puppet/Ansible)
Familiarity with common CI/CD tools and practices (TeamCity/Jenkins, Artifactory, Docker, etc.)
Experience with analysis tools and workflows for aircraft/rotorcraft design (aerodynamics, CFD, GNC, loads, structural analysis, CAD, mass properties, etc.)
Company
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
BlackRockStellantis
2025-11-06Post Ipo Equity· $650M
2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $850M
2025-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Adam Goldstein
Founder and CEO
Tom Muniz
Chief Technology Officer
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