Quality Assurance 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.

Were looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our AI Product Org and build our quality function from the ground up. We operate a data-intensive visualization platform spanning web application APIs and data ingestion pipelines. Youll be designing test strategy building automation establishing test case management validating data correctness at scale and using GenAI to work faster than a traditional QA team could. This is a 0-to-1 role for someone who wants to own quality end-to-end.

What Youll Do:

• Own the full testing lifecycle: test planning execution bug triage and release verification.
• Design test plans/cases for our data ingestion pipelines APIs and analytics platform.
• Build automated test suites (Python JavaScript Playwright) covering frontend backend and data pipelines.
• Validate data correctness end-to-end from raw ingestion through Parquet/Iceberg transformation to dashboards.
• Design and run stress/performance testing for high-volume data APIs and real-time charting.
• Set up test case management and coverage tracking (e.g. Testiny).
• Build CI/CD-integrated testing (GitHub Actions) across Kubernetes/AWS services including Redis and SQL/analytical stores (DuckDB etc.).
• Establish bug tracking and Hotfix verification processes for visibility across teams.
• Partner with engineering product and data teams to turn requirements into testable acceptance criteria.
• Review test automation code and enforce QA best practices.

What You Need:

• 0-to-1 builder mentality comfortable creating process and tooling where none exists.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of QA engineering experience delivering scalable reliable production software.
• Proficiency in Python JavaScript and test automation frameworks.
• Experience testing data pipelines and data-heavy applications.
• Working knowledge of SQL/relational databases to independently verify data correctness.
• Proven ability to design and execute stress/performance testing for APIs or data-intensive systems.
• Strong grasp of CI/CD testing philosophy and bug tracking practices.
• Experience with or aptitude for cloud-native infrastructure (AWS S3 Kubernetes).
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience validating data lake/lakehouse formats (Parquet Apache Iceberg).
• Familiarity with DuckDB Redis or similar analytical/caching technologies.
• Experience testing data visualization layers ( Plotly Grafana or similar).
• Background in high-availability real-time or event-driven data systems.
• Experience using GenAI/LLM tooling to accelerate QA workflows (test generation synthetic data).
• Familiarity with container orchestration and CI/CD tooling.
• Background in aerospace especially flight test data analysis or aircraft health monitoring.
  
  

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 $130000 - $150000. 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.