Staff GNC DevOps & Simulation Infrastructure Engineer

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.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter drives better insights and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

What youll do:

• Architect build and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows and automated testing pipelines for the GNC and Vehicle Simulation groups using tools like GitHub Actions and TeamCity.
• Support developing and maintaining automated toolchains to generate compile and deploy Simulink and MATLAB code across multiple targets including desktop simulation environments Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) lab hardware and flight computers for both subscale and full-scale vehicles.
• Architect new and manage existing High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure to support large-scale Monte Carlo simulations batch regression testing and parallelized simulations and testing
• Manage the critical software interfaces between the Virtual Vehicle (Simulink models) and downstream platforms including managing Interface Control Documents (ICDs) data dictionaries and signal mapping to embedded middleware.
• Develop C/C wrapper functions S-functions and harnesses to integrate compiled code and external libraries seamlessly within the MATLAB/Simulink environment.
• Act as a cross-functional engineering multiplier: Leverage your familiarity with aerospace principles to flex across roles contributing directly to vehicle simulation modeling physics tooling or GNC integration tasks when needed.
• Serve as the primary technical bridge between the Flight Dynamics & Control (FD&C) team and the Platform embedded software team ensuring that complex algorithms translate predictably to real-time execution.

What you need:

• BS/Advanced Degree in Aerospace Engineering Computer Science Electrical/Computer Engineering or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience
• Foundational understanding of aerospace principles vehicle dynamics or GNC concepts enabling you to speak the exact same language as the engineers whose algorithms you are deploying.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Simulink specifically including auto-code generation tools (Simulink Coder Embedded Coder).
• Strong proficiency in modern C/C and experience integrating C/C with Simulink.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions TeamCity Jenkins or similar platforms.
• Strong scripting skills (Python Bash or MATLAB scripting) for automating build systems and testing pipelines.
• Ability to use understand and leverage modern LLMs and AI based coding tools.

Bonus Qualifications:

Direct experience developing or verifying GNC/Vehicle Simulation systems in simulation or on hardware is a major plus!!

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) like Linux RT VxWorks or QNX.
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems (e.g. Speedgoat dSPACE VeriStand).
• Knowledge of communication protocols (CAN Ethernet RS-422) and middleware (DDS ROS2).
• Experience with Model-Based Design (MBD) certification standards like DO-331 or safety-critical software development (DO-178C).
• Experience packaging and containerizing simulation environments (Docker Kubernetes).

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit qualifications and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race color religion sex sexual orientation age national origin disability status protected veteran status gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $170000 - $215000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archers People Team at. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Archers Candidate Privacy Policy.

Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time.

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit qualifications and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race color religion sex sexual orientation age national origin disability status protected veteran status gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer please reach out to. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.