Senior Data Scientist

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:

You will build the brain that powers Archer’s on-demand Urban Air Mobility (UAM) service. You will have a unique opportunity to shape the intelligence layer of a revolutionary transportation network. This includes:

• Design and implement decision-making engines that optimize aircraft routing, fleet allocation, and network responsiveness under dynamic demand and operational constraints.
• Develop and deploy production-level optimization and machine learning models that operate in near real-time, directly impacting network efficiency and customer experience.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable, robust data science solutions.
• Develop sophisticated simulation environments to test and validate algorithmic strategies, ensuring system reliability before real-world deployment.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses to uncover strategic insights that will inform the product roadmap and long-term business strategy, presenting your findings to leadership.
• Champion data science best practices and mentor other team members, helping to define the technical culture and standards for the group.

What you need:

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Strong data engineering principles familiar with technologies to store, query, process, and analyze data.
• 5+ years experience implementing optimization, ML, or AI models
• Strong programming skills in languages like Python, C/C++, Java, or Go.
• Experience driving novel insight through custom data analytics and machine learning.
• Creative mind who can identify new and creative problems in addition to executing against known ones. Moreover, one that is able to organically apply the most appropriate technology to the given problem.
• A passion for urban mobility, sustainable transportation, and the future of cities.

Bonus Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with using mathematical programming solvers such as Gurobi, Xpress MP, CPLEX, or Google OR Tools in applications.
• Prior experience with transportation systems, especially within aviation.

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 $134,400.00 - $168,000.00. 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.