Senior Blade Structures 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the aerodynamics and loads & dynamics teams to design high performance propeller blades for eVTOL aircraft
• Be responsible for the blade structural design and supporting analysis
• Provide blade properties to the loads & dynamics team
• Support blade material selection and corresponding manufacturing process development
• Release blade drawings
• Author stress analysis reports
• Support development and certification testing to validate static load capability and fatigue life of blade designs
• Support certification discussions with the FAA
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to ensure on time delivery of data

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Aerospace or related field
• 5+ years industry experience
• Proven expertise in helicopter rotor or propeller blade design
• CAD design and lofting experience (NX preferred)
• Experience with Nastran (MSC or NX) and Patran/FEMAP
• Composite damage tolerance and fatigue experience
• Demonstrated organizational skills to bring together small multidisciplinary teams on high impact, but time limited projects
• Strong technical, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience in a fast-paced design environment

Qualifications (Bonus)

• MS/PhD in Aerospace or related field
• Familiar with FAA aircraft and/or rotorcraft loads and dynamics regulations (FAR Part 23, 27, 33, 35) and associated advisory materials
• Experience with static and dynamic loads derivation for fixed-wing vehicles and/or rotorcraft, with focus on rotor loads
• Experience with comprehensive rotor analysis software (RCAS / CAMRAD II / FlightLab / DYMORE or similar codes)

Pay

For this position we are targeting a base pay between $150,000 - $185,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.