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Flight Control Software Engineer

archer

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Aug 13, 2025
San Jose, CA, US
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Archer is looking to design, manufacture, and operate an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise, and needs an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to develop safety critical software for its fault tolerant flight controls system.

Requirements

  • Proficiency with C/C++
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink
  • Fluency with widely used scripting languages like bash and Python
  • Experience developing software complying with safety standards like DO-178C to high criticality levels (DAL-A/B)
  • Understanding of communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485, CAN, ARINC-429, AFDX, Ethernet, TCP/IP, etc.)
  • Familiarity with debuggers and lab instruments such oscilloscopes and bus analyzers
  • Experience with Model Based Software development and certification (DO-331)

Responsibilities

  • Develop safety critical software components for Archer's flight control system
  • Participate in planning, design, scheduling, prioritizing, and tracking the project
  • Work with system engineers to decompose item requirements into high level and low level software requirements in compliance with DO-178C
  • Work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop and integrate the complex hardware/software flight control system
  • Development of software plans, processes & guidelines
  • Software requirements decomposition, analysis, definition, and traceability
  • Software design and development, performance, risk, safety, operation and cost optimization trade studies, and lead / conduct design reviews

Other

  • Collaborative mindset
  • Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication
  • Excellent organizational skills
  • Passion for learning and problem solving
  • 5+ years of experience in a flight control software or a related field
  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree
  • Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time