Archer Aviation develops electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft and related AI-enabled operational technologies for urban air taxi networks.
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Principal AI and ML fundamentalist who is an expert at developing cutting-edge AI solutions to complex problems, you will develop code that eventually integrates into production and be responsible for:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Iterate on AI model development; starting from the data needed for training, architecture, input/output representations, evaluation, and deployment. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with other researcher engineers to prototype and validate complex solutions from academic literature.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques and evaluate model behavior.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop tools and frameworks to support scalable and reproducible research and development.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Communicate research findings to leadership in a concise, and convincing manner.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stay current with the latest developments in AI/ML and identify relevant innovations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Assist in transitioning research prototypes into production-ready systems.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You Need:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">M.S or PhD degree in Computer Science, or Computer Engineering with strong emphasis on AI and ML.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoys solving less-defined and complex problems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with good SW practices and development, including code quality, version control, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Very strong with ML frameworks such as Pytorch, or Tensorflow</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Good understanding of Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, multi-modal foundation models, diffusion policies, fine-tuning, model distillation, mixture of experts, and other similar topics.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Has strong ability to debug and determine requirements for AI models in terms of data, training, and evaluation.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Is up to date with research literature and recent ML techniques and methodologies.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Bonus Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with Reinforcement Learning, self-supervised training, and imitation learning is a plus.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience developing VLA (Vision Language Action) models for robotic manipulation and mobility is a plus.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience developing production AI models is a plus.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Publications at top conferences are a plus.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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 Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $270,000.00 - $340,000.00 Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.</span></p> <h5><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></em></h5> <h5><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">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 p