Senior Manufacturing Engineering - Factory Design
Archer · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago · $126,700 - $158,400
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Archer's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 93% of Archer's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Archer
- high 156 stale, 5 reposted of 158 open
- Hiring momentum
- 226 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Archer's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Archer.
About this role
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Factory Design at Archer, you will be responsible for the comprehensive development and optimization of the production facility for electric aircraft. Your role involves creating CAD-based factory layouts, optimizing material logistics, and building capacity models to support high-efficiency manufacturing processes. You will also collaborate with various teams to ensure that the infrastructure meets manufacturing requirements and drive the commissioning of new production lines.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Archer as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or factory design/planning
- Demonstrated experience developing complex factory layouts in CAD (AutoCAD, CATIA, or equivalent)
- Strong working knowledge of capacity planning, takt analysis, line balancing, and production flow optimization
- Direct experience supporting facility commissioning, heavy equipment installation, or new line start-ups
Nice to have
- Experience in Automotive (EV/Gigafactories), Aerospace, or other highly automated, high-complexity production environments
- Experience supporting greenfield facility builds or massive, blank-canvas factory expansion programs from concept through ramp
- Experience with factory simulation and 3D layout tools (e.g., FlexSim, Siemens Tecnomatix/Plant Sim, DELMIA, Arena) for discrete-event simulation
- Exposure to MES, ERP, SCADA, or digital twin/PLM software integration points within a factory layout
- Experience collaborating with external architecture firms, infrastructure engineering partners, or general contractors
What you get
- Base pay between $126,700 - $158,400
- Pay-for-performance culture
- Commitment to diversity and inclusivity
- Safety sensitive role with background check and drug screening
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- Role involves significant cross-functional collaboration, which may require flexibility in work hours
- Position is safety sensitive, which may impose additional requirements on candidates
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Listed by Archer on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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