Autonomy Engineer

About the role

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

This role must be based onsite in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Own the communication layer, including command-and-telemetry links and multi-platform mesh networking
• Develop and integrate resilient, long-range wireless communication links
• Integrate mesh radio systems into the onboard software stack
• Design and validate IP networking architectures for multi-platform communication
• Integrate MAVLink/telemetry links between platforms and ground systems
• Collaborate with hardware, integration, and test teams to validate communication performance in the field

Requirements

• Background in RF/communications engineering or networking-focused software engineering
• Experience with mesh radios (e.g., Silvus, Doodle Labs, Microhard)
• Experience with IP networking
• Experience with MAVLink or similar telemetry protocols
• Experience with embedded Linux systems

Qualifications (Bonus)

• Long-range/beyond-line-of-sight communication experience
• Experience fielding communication systems for field-deployed platforms
• Background in subscale aircraft or robotics communications architectures

Pay

For this position we are targeting a base pay between $140,000 - $260,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.