Senior Manufacturing Engineering (Factory Design)

Join Archer's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) team as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Factory Design. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end development, optimization, and long-term evolution of Archer's production facility. You will lead the technical translation of aircraft manufacturing and assembly requirements into high-efficiency factory layouts, robust capacity models, and seamlessly integrated production systems. Your expertise in CAD, capacity planning, and production flow optimization will be essential in driving the success of our electric aircraft manufacturing.

• Lead the end-to-end development, optimization, and long-term evolution of Archer’s production facility, including factory layouts and production systems.
• Develop and maintain capacity models mapping labor, equipment, and footprint requirements to aggressive production rate scenarios; identify and resolve throughput bottlenecks.
• Interface directly with Facilities, Construction, Quality, EHS, and Automation teams to ensure infrastructure supports manufacturing requirements prior to equipment arrival.
• Execution Blueprint: Direct experience supporting facility commissioning, heavy equipment installation, or new line start-ups
• CAD Expertise: Demonstrated experience developing complex factory layouts in CAD (AutoCAD, CATIA, or equivalent)
• Core IE Skillset: Strong working knowledge of capacity planning, takt analysis, line balancing, and production flow optimization
• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or factory design/planning
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field
• Greenfield Exposure: Experience supporting greenfield facility builds or massive, blank-canvas factory expansion programs from concept through ramp
• High-Growth Industries: Experience in Automotive (EV/Gigafactories), Aerospace, or other highly automated, high-complexity production environments
• Digital Factory Integration: Exposure to MES, ERP, SCADA, or digital twin/PLM software integration points within a factory layout
• Advanced Simulation: Experience with factory simulation and 3D layout tools (e.g., FlexSim, Siemens Tecnomatix/Plant Sim, DELMIA, Arena) for discrete-event simulation
• Vendor Management: Experience collaborating with external architecture firms, infrastructure engineering partners, or general contractors