Staff Flight Sciences Tools Development Engineer
Archer · San Jose, California, United States
About this role
**Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer** is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), aviation-related physical AI solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across commercial aerospace and defense. Archer is committed to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces differences and supports and celebrates all team members. --- ## What you’ll do - **Tools Development:** Partner with Flight Dynamics & Controls (FD&C) and GNC teams to design, build, and maintain analysis and simulation tools, including aero parameter delivery pipelines, automated 6DOF plant model generation, trim and linearization utilities, and data reduction/validation tools. - **Toolchain Automation & Deployment:** Own automated toolchains that generate, build, test, and deploy MATLAB/Simulink models and analysis code across desktop simulation, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), and flight targets—working closely with the Platform embedded software team. - **CI/CD & Verification:** Architect and maintain CI/CD workflows and automated regression/verification testing for models, data pipelines, and export workflows (GitHub Actions, GitLab Runner, TeamCity, Simulink Test), including test-vector generation for multi-dimensional lookup-table models. - **HPC & Scale:** Build and scale High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and job-scheduling workflows (e.g., Slurm) for large-scale 6DOF Monte Carlo simulations and batch regression testing. - **Data & Interfaces:** Manage software interfaces and data infrastructure between “virtual vehicle” simulation and downstream platforms, including data dictionaries, schema-enforced databases, signal mapping, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs). Enable programmatic access for controls analysis workflows such as linear time-invariant (LTI) system analysis. - **Integration:** Develop C/C++ integrations (S-functions, wrapper functions, and test harnesses) to bring compiled code and external libraries into the MATLAB/Simulink environment. - **Adoption & Best Practices:** Package, document, and release reusable analysis tools; drive engineering best practices including version control, traceability, and iterative development (sprint planning, backlog management) across modeling, controls, and data teams. - **Cross-Functional Multiplier:** Flex across roles as program needs demand, contributing to vehicle simulation modeling, state-space and dynamics modeling, GNC integration, or physics tooling. --- ## What you’ll need - **Education & Experience:** BS in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with at least **8 years** developing engineering analysis and simulation tools. MS or PhD desirable. - **Domain Foundation:** Strong foundation in GNC, flight dynamics, and controls concepts. - **Tool Development:** Expert-level proficiency developing and integrating custom analysis tools in **MATLAB, Python, and C/C++**. - **Model-Based Design:** Strong experience with model-based design and simulation in **Simulink**. - **CI/CD:** Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for MATLAB/Simulink toolchains. - **HPC:** Experience with HPC computing (**Linux, Slurm, MATLAB Parallel Computing Toolbox**) for large-scale simulation. - **Dynamics & Modeling:** Experience with **6DOF** or multi-body vehicle
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