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Archer Technologies is building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed to carry four passengers with minimal noise, advancing sustainable air mobility. This Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer role sits within Manufacturing Engineering and owns the end-to-end functional test strategy for aircraft systems across the manufacturing lifecycle, from early prototype builds through certified production.
You will be responsible for ensuring each aircraft meets required performance, integration, and system-level standards before delivery or progression into flight testing. Your scope includes validating that each build behaves as intended—verifying systems, software, electrical behavior, and overall functional readiness—while supporting the transition from prototype to production.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the end-to-end functional test strategy for aircraft systems across manufacturing
- Driving cross-functional alignment between manufacturing, design engineering, flight test, and certification to define test requirements and coverage
- Architecting and scaling automated manufacturing test solutions to improve quality, repeatability, and throughput
- Leading execution of functional testing in lab environments and on aircraft, supporting fast-paced transitions from prototype to production
- Defining how functional test integrates with Archer's manufacturing engineering systems, data infrastructure, and production workflows
- Identifying gaps, risks, and inefficiencies in test coverage and proactively driving solutions at the system level
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in aircraft systems or subsystem test engineering, including ownership of test scope and strategy
- Experience testing aircraft systems developed under 14 CFR Part 23/25/27/29 or equivalent regulatory frameworks
- Strong background in electrical and software-driven testing (most mechanical systems are software-controlled)
- Experience designing or influencing data acquisition and test architectures
- Scripting fluency (Python preferred) for automation and analysis
