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Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (Sj2025sd)

Archer AviationSan Jose, CA
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Job Description

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop and test high voltage, high power density motors for eVTOL applications.
  • Responsible for all aspects of the mechanical design of the electric engine, including rotor, stator, and gearbox components.
  • Analyze and optimize the engine design using FEA for mechanical modeling, thermal modeling, acoustics and vibration.
  • Support validating results through dynamometer testing.
  • Design test equipment, such as dynamometers, testing fixtures, etc.
  • Responsible for all stages of development from concept, design, testing, validation, and production release and support.
  • Evaluate new technologies and design improvements to develop the most power dense, efficient and reliable electric engine.
  • Rapid prototyping of conceptual designs.
  • Generate design packages - detailed drawings, analysis reports, BOMs, assembly instructions.
  • Assist with generating vital technical documents for the mechanical team (including technical component specifications, prototype test plan, statement of work for sourcing components, and assembly instruction manuals).

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Mechanical Engineering Designer or related job title in which 5 years of experience with NX or CAD packages, mechanical tolerance stackup analysis, GD&T, and MATLAB was gained.

ALTERNATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

ALTERNATE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Mechanical Engineering Designer or related job title in which 1 year of experience with NX or CAD packages, mechanical tolerance stackup analysis, GD&T, and MATLAB was gained.

Please apply online at: https://www.archer.com/careers. Must put job code SJ2025SD on resume/CV and cover letter.

Include the following language at the bottom of the job post with the salary amount provided by Immigration & Mobility Manager: At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. For this position we are offering $185,400 to $203,940 per year.

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