Archer

aerospace

LeadAIEnablementEngineer,AerospacePrograms

$228–285k San Jose, California, United States Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Lead AI Enablement Engineer, Aerospace Programs at Archer. Skills: AI coding, agentic tools, Claude Code, Cursor, Python, drive change across an engineering org without direct authority, build real, useful things end-to-end and ship them to other engineers, Excellent written and verbal communication. drive change across an engineering org without direct authority. build real, useful things end-to-end and ship them to other engineers”

What You'll Achieve.

did the aerospace program move faster because of you?; Adoption depth and breadth of AI tooling across aerospace engineering teams.; Number and impact of legacy/manual workflows replaced or accelerated.; Estimated cycle-time savings on program-critical workstreams, with specific milestone contributions identified.; Quality of the internal toolkit you build and maintain — measured by reuse, not just shipping.; Sentiment from the engineers you serve.; Influence on the broader engineering strategy — your point of view should shape how leadership thinks about AI adoption, not just execute against it.

Industry & Context.

aerospace
Eligibility Requirements

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

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python at minimum, build real, useful things end-to-end and ship them to other engineers, Excellent written and verbal communication

Nice to Have

Experience in eVTOL, aviation, aerospace, or another safety-critical / regulated industry, Fluency with engineering tooling that aerospace teams actually use: MATLAB, the Python scientific stack, CAD/CAE (NX, ANSYS, Abaqus, etc. ), test data systems, simulation pipelines, A public footprint that reflects builder energy — shipped side projects, open-source contributions, writing, talks, or other evidence of pushing on the frontier of these tools outside of any job, Hands-on experience with MCP, agent frameworks, evals, or building and maintaining internal LLM-powered tools at scale, Prior experience as the senior-most technical voice in a domain — staff/principal at a previous company, or equivalent ownership

What You'll Do.

drive change across an engineering org without direct authority

useful things end-to-end and ship them to other engineers

pitch a strategy to engineering leadership

coach a structural analyst through their first agentic workflow

build and maintain internal LLM-powered tools at scale

build and maintain internal toolkit

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

coach a structural analyst through their first agentic workflow; Sentiment from the engineers you serve. They should be asking for more of your time, not avoiding it.

Communication Scope

Excellent written and verbal communication; pitch a strategy to engineering leadership; coach a structural analyst through their first agentic workflow

Full Job Description

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: Archer is building the Midnight aircraft on an aggressive program timeline, and our aerospace engineering teams — structures, GN we're hiring for the bar, not the tenure. A genuine, sustained obsession with AI coding and agentic tools. You use Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent every day. You've shipped non-trivial things with them. You have informed, opinionated views on what works, what doesn't, and where the frontier is moving — and you can back those views up with what you've built. Demonstrated ability to drive change across an engineering org without direct authority. You've been the person who got senior, skeptical engineers to adopt a new way of working, and you can point to specific examples. Strong programming fundamentals — Python at minimum. You don't have to be a software engineer, but you have to be able to build real, useful things end-to-end and ship them to other engineers. Excellent written and verbal communication. You can pitch a strategy to engineering leadership in the morning and coach a structural analyst through their first agentic workflow in the afternoon. Strongly preferred: Experience in eVTOL, aviation, aerospace, or another safety-critical / regulated industry. Fluency with engineering tooling that aerospace teams actually use: MATLAB, the Python scientific st

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