Software AI Ops & Tools Lead

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.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and handson Software AI Ops & Tools Lead to drive the development integration and optimization of advanced software systems that power our nextgeneration eVTOL aircraft. This role sits at the intersection of AI autonomy infrastructure and engineering operationsplaying a critical part in shaping the future of urban air mobility.

As a technical leader you will architect and implement scalable tools platforms and workflows that enable our engineering teams to build test and deploy intelligent safetycritical software. You will work closely with crossfunctional partners across Autonomy Machine Learning Flight Software Infrastructure and Systems Engineering to ensure our AIdriven capabilities are robust reliable and productionready.

This is a handson leadership position for someone who thrives in fastpaced environments enjoys solving complex technical challenges and wants to make a direct impact on the future of aviation.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the vision roadmap and execution for AIdriven software tools infrastructure and operational workflows.
• Provide handson technical leadership while mentoring and developing a highperforming engineering team.
• Partner with Autonomy ML Software and Infrastructure teams to define requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
• Drive best practices in software development testing deployment and monitoring for AIenabled systems.

AI Machine Learning & Autonomy Integration

• Build and maintain tools and pipelines that support AI/ML model development simulation validation and deployment.
• Develop systems that integrate AI and autonomy algorithms into flightcritical and missioncritical software stacks.
• Ensure reliability traceability and performance of AI/ML components across the full lifecyclefrom research to production.

Software Infrastructure & Operations

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure for data processing model training simulation and continuous integration.
• Develop internal tools that improve developer productivity system observability and operational efficiency.
• Own the endtoend software operations ecosystem including build systems testing frameworks and deployment pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with aviationgrade safety reliability and certification requirements.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

• Work closely with hardware systems and flight test teams to ensure seamless integration of AIenabled software.
• Collaborate with leadership to align technical decisions with companywide goals and aircraft development milestones.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in software engineering with significant experience in AI/ML autonomy or robotics.
• Proven track record in handson technical leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in building tools platforms and infrastructure for AI/ML development and deployment.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems cloud infrastructure CI/CD and developer tooling.
• Experience integrating AI/ML algorithms into realtime or safetycritical systems is highly preferred.
• Background in robotics autonomy aerospace or related fields is a strong plus.
• Passion for advancing the future of aviation and autonomous flight.

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.

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications. At Archer we aim to attract retain and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Companys business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $200000 - $250000. 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 accommodations 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.

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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.

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