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# Airborne Electronic Hardware Systems Engineer

- **Company:** ARCHER
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Hardware Design, Requirements Management, Polarion
- **Published:** May 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a308b56ec86ef621

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Technical writing?, * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience

 * 5+ years of hardware systems or design engineering experience in regulated industries, with a focus on power electronics or safety-critical hardware
 * Hands-on technical background in inverters, power converters, motor drives, or battery management systems
 * Experience with structured hardware development processes such as DO-254
 * Familiarity with circuit-level analyses - WCCA, derating, stress analysis, protection coordination
 * Experience with requirements management tools (Polarion, DOORS, or similar)
 * Strong technical communication and documentation skills
 * Comfortable working as a peer within a design team rather than as an external reviewer

Bonus Qualifications:

 * Direct DO-254 and DO-160G experience
 * Knowledge of SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761 (FMEA, FTA)
 * Experience with high-power inverter systems and BMS hardware: cell monitoring, balancing, protection circuits, or isolation measurement
 * Knowledge of SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761 (FMEA, FTA, safety requirements)
 * Passion for aviation and eVTOLs

## Description

The hardware team is looking for an Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Systems Engineer to help establish the engineering processes and certification framework for our electronics hardware - spanning both inverter and battery management system (BMS) development. You'll be embedded within the design team, working day-to-day with circuit designers to define requirements, build structured development workflows, review technical analyses, and ensure our hardware is developed to meet airborne certification standards. This is a foundational role: you'll help set the vision for how we develop certifiable hardware at scale, and build the templates, plans, and practices the team will rely on.

What you'll do:

 * Partner with Inverter and BMS hardware designers to define, manage, and trace requirements using tools like Polarion or DOORS
 * Establish and maintain standardized design templates, review checklists (schematics, layouts, BOMs), and documentation practices across both hardware domains
 * Review critical design analyses including DFMEAs, WCCA, margin/derating, thermal assessments, and protection function analyses relevant to both motor drive and battery management hardware
 * Develop hardware development plans, verification strategies, and AEH certification artifacts in line with DO-254 and applicable airworthiness requirements
 * Lead design reviews and ensure requirements are correctly implemented, traceable, and justified for certification
 * Support definition of safety requirements flowing down from system-level analyses (ARP4754A, ARP4761) into inverter and BMS hardware
 * Help build a scalable certification process that can grow with the team and apply consistently across power electronics hardware programs


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