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AI Systems Engineer

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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.

What You’ll Do:

As a strong software developer, you will develop AI systems at production quality and be responsible for:

  • Designing and building end-to-end AI/ML pipelines for model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Developing and maintaining scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant AI infrastructure on cloud and/or on-prem environments.
  • Integrating AI/ML models into production systems with a focus on reliability and performance.
  • Collaborating with AI scientists and researcher engineers to translate prototypes into production-ready solutions.
  • Implementing automation tools to support CI/CD for machine learning workflows.
  • Monitoring and optimizing resource usage, data pipelines, and model inference efficiency.
  • Ensuring compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical AI practices.
  • Documenting system architecture and processes to support maintainability and knowledge sharing.

What You Need:

  • M.S or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • Enjoys solving less-defined and complex problems.
  • Familiarity with general AI methodologies/algorithms, and the more recent LLM technologies.
  • Familiarity with SW techniques for AI quantization, sparsity, model distillation, etc.
  • Ability to build out RAG systems, develop data pipelines, build datasets, etc.
  • Has ability to develop high performing SW infrastructure and systems to support foundation model development.
  • Ability to optimize the latency of AI systems while considering the target HW architectures.
  • Strong critical thinking, SW development, and algorithm design.
  • C++/C, Rust, and Python Expertise or similar.

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Experience with CUDA is a plus.
  • Familiarity with PyTorch and AI/ML frameworks is a plus.
  • Experience working with simulation environments is a plus.

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 Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $196,800 - $265700. 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 Archer’s People Team at [email protected]. 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.
Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to [email protected]. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team.
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