Mechanical Engineer, Battery HV Distribution

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.

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.

This role will play a key part in the design and integration of high-voltage components within our battery packs, contributing directly to the development of safe and efficient aircraft designs

What You’ll Do:

• Design and develop mechanical enclosures, mounts, and interfaces for high voltage battery components, ensuring structural integrity and manufacturability

• Size power conductors, optimize insulation strategy, and be responsible for interconnect strategy

• Select high voltage contactors and perform fuse coordination studies to ensure safe and reliable power distribution to and from battery packs

• Support high-voltage safety design practices, including creepage/clearance considerations, shielding, and sealing for HV components

• Perform detailed tolerance stack-ups, FEA simulations, and DFMEA to validate designs

• Develop and release 2D drawings and 3D CAD models using NX

• Manage and support prototype builds and validation testing, incorporating feedback into iterative design cycles

• Interface with manufacturing and supply chain partners to ensure design intent is maintained through production

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field

• 5+ years of mechanical design experience

• Experience with HV systems and electric powertrains (bonus if hybrid)

• Automotive or aerospace experience is a plus but not required

• Expert understanding of efficient mechanical/thermal/electrical design.

• Knows how to use simplified tools, calculations, CAE to quickly drive development.

• Solid background in CAD / tolerance stack / GD&T (NX experience preferred)

• Experience going through the product development process from concept to high volume production.