Staff Advanced Concepts Optimization Engineer

Archer
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 130,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Presentation"]

Join Archer’s Concept Development team to architect the future of electric flight by building and deploying a multi-disciplinary optimization engine (MDO) and high-performance computing workflows. You’ll translate business goals into optimization objectives, design optimal vehicle configurations, and communicate findings to stakeholders while collaborating with systems engineers to turn designs into reality.

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Archer
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Staff Advanced Concepts Optimization Engineer

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Job Summary

Join Archer’s Concept Development team to architect the future of electric flight by building and deploying a multi-disciplinary optimization engine (MDO) and high-performance computing workflows. You’ll translate business goals into optimization objectives, design optimal vehicle configurations, and communicate findings to stakeholders while collaborating with systems engineers to turn designs into reality.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop Archer’s multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) engine, workflows, and high performance computing resources for aircraft concept development.
  • •Translate business goals and use cases into optimization objectives and constraints.
  • •Deploy the MDO engine to create optimal vehicle designs for use cases.
  • •Communicate findings to stakeholders and support executive decision making.
  • •Support systems engineers to transform their designs into high level requirements, and the broader Archer engineering team to turn it into reality.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 130,000 - 240,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of relevant engineering experience (Senior Level).
  • •8+ years of relevant engineering experience including architectural ownership and technical leadership (Staff Level).
  • •12+ years of relevant engineering experience with multi-year technical strategy and cross-organizational impact (Senior Staff Level).
  • •Proficiency in Python with NumPy, SciPy, OpenMDAO, JAX, CasADi, SMT, PyTorch, and/or other scientific/optimization packages.
  • •Ability to translate business goals into optimization objectives and constraints and deploy MDO engines on cloud HPC resources.
Experience:AerospaceElectric aircraftAerospace design
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingCollaborationPresentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonNumPySciPyOpenMDAOJAXCasADiSMTPyTorchCFDFEAGaussian ProcessesKrigingNeural networksCloud computing

Company Brief

Archer
Develops electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and urban air mobility systems to enable sustainable, intra-city air transportation for passengers and cargo.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: Pre-Revenue (USD 0)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States
Founded: 2018
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