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San Jose, CA1 day ago

This role has significant responsibility for U.S.–Mexico cross-border transportation and customs complexity, including support for Mexico maquiladora / IMMEX manufacturing environments, close coordination with customs brokers, and partnership with Trade Compliance to ensure compliant, uninterrupted flow across highly regulated borders. Partnering closely with Customer Care, Warehousing, Finance, Trade Compliance, Procurement, and IT, this role acts as business owner for the Transportation Management System (TMS) and plays a critical role in ensuring compliant, on-time delivery to customers in a regulated medical-device environment.

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San Francisco, CA5 days ago

$150,000–$210,000 Per Year

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San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Monitors schedules, billings, and reports; ensures appropriate charging of manhours, costs, and expenses to projects; assists in obtaining payment from clients; resolves client disputes and adjusts billing records as required; communicates project progress/status to senior management and alerts them of project production, quality control or financial performance problems. AtkinsRéalis believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property, information, assets, and products; accessing confidential information and partnering and regularly working with or supervising other AtkinsRéalis employees and interacting with AtkinsRéalis clients including government property or ports.

Mountain View, CA30+ days ago

Temporary

Excellent verbal and written communication skills Desirable qualifications: Cross-platform build scripts with CMake, GNU autotools, and/or GNU make Additional programming languages: Shell scripting, Java, Python, XSLT Development of portable C++ code for delivery on multiple platforms Programming language design and implementation Exposure to Core Flight Software (cFS) development and integration Experience in robotics, autonomy/automation, aerospace, AI Knowledge of discrete control, reactive systems, automated planning and scheduling, formal methods Responsibilities will include: Evolution of the PLEXIL language Integration of the PLEXIL Executive into flight software frameworks such as Core Flight Software Development of PLEXIL plans for space and aviation applications Integration of PLEXIL with autonomy planners and schedulers Maintenance, development, extension, and documentation of the PLEXIL suite: Executive, compilers, translators, visualization tools, etc.

San Jose, California29 days ago

$165,000–$280,000 Per Year

Our Practice Builders manage their projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor. Review design documents & drawings for airside and landside Aviation projects, including grading, drainage, pavement design, specifications, and construction safety plans.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Voluntary benefits include additional term life insurance, long term care insurance, critical illness and accidental injury insurance, pet insurance, legal plan, identity theft protection, and other voluntary benefit options. MINIMUM SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: • Engineering, Construction Management or Architectural degree or equivalent experience.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Interfaces with clients and regulatory agencies with little to no oversight, including representing AtkinsRéalis’ multidisciplinary capabilities to airport clients, assisting the client in their development and execution of airport capital improvement program projects, from project conceptual planning, grant application support, preliminary and final design of project bidding plans and specifications, construction administration, and overseeing project inspection and quality assurance testing. Monitors schedules, billings, and reports; ensures appropriate charging of manhours, costs, and expenses to projects; assists in obtaining payment from clients; resolves client disputes and adjusts billing records as required; communicates project progress/status to senior management and alerts them of project production, quality control or financial performance problems.

Santa Clara, CA30+ days ago

$126,700–$158,400 Per Year

The Manufacturing Design Engineer, GSE (Ground Support Equipment) will be the primary POC for the definition and deployment of ground support equipment required to maintain and service Archer eVTOL aircraft in the field. 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$133,400–$200,000 Per Year

Hands-on experience deploying and managing technologies related to Large Language Models (LLMs), such as utilizing LiteLLM, OpenRouter, or setting up and managing LLM serving endpoints. Spearhead the operational deployment, scaling, and maintenance of LLM infrastructure, leveraging tools like LiteLLM, OpenRouter, or similar LLM orchestration/gateway technologies.

Mountain View, CA30+ days ago

$170,000–$210,000

Design and prototype electrical systems for UAVs, docking stations, payload loading ports, covering, power distribution, RF communication, communication buses (CAN, I2C, UART, SPI, USB) and MCU based control systems (autopilots, motion control, battery management, vision/perception, GPS/GNSS). Matternet designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone networks that enable ultra-fast, low-cost, and zero-emission package delivery.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$198,000 Per Year

As a Senior Flight Sciences Program Manager, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing efforts across Archer's Flight Sciences organization, including Aerodynamics, Acoustics, Vehicle Performance and Flight Simulation, and Thermal Management, in close partnership with Engineering, Aircraft Integration, Flight Test, Program Management, and Supply Chain. Develop and maintain detailed, task-based schedules supporting simulation development, aero/acoustic analyses, wind tunnel testing, and flight test correlation activities.

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$46–$67 Per Hour

Demonstrate ability to select, and organize appropriate tooling and fixturing based on available tooling for projects based on part material, geometry, features, tolerances, and system capability. Perform inspections and measurements of product dimensions using basic Quality Control measuring tools, probing routines, calipers, micrometer, depth gauges, and other measuring equipment.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$230,000–$250,000 Per Year

Educate engineers on IP and manage a flow of invention disclosures, trade secrets, and domestic/international patent filings in electric/hybrid aerospace and airport/airline infrastructure systems, components, and operations, including flight controls, propellers, electric engine, powertrain, high volume manufacturing, test & instrumentation, artificial intelligence, and software. You will work on cutting-edge technical, product and intellectual property issues in a fast-paced environment, so we are seeking ambitious candidates who work hard, move quickly, and want to play a significant role in contributing to the company's growth as a market leader in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, infrastructure, and operations.

San Francisco, California30+ days ago

If you're someone who has successfully led projects in active operating environments, loves working at the intersection of construction and operations, and has the leadership presence to influence stakeholders at the highest level, you'll feel right at home here. Coordinate complex interfaces: provide oversight for the owner on design, construction, logistics, testing, and commissioning across multiple project teams, ensuring smooth integration with airport operations.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$94,000–$125,000 Per Year

Manage ordering activities for aircraft material and supporting goods and services, including but not limited to the creation and management of all flows to and from Archer Supply base (Purchase Orders, Transfer Orders, Return), indirect purchases. The Senior Buyer will manage work with Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Finance to ensure timely, cost-effective material availability that supports our aggressive production schedule and milestones.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$108,480–$135,600 Per Year

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. 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$180,000 Per Year

Some examples of things you could be involved in: Design and maintain scalable infrastructure for managing a fleet of IoT sensors and related infrastructure (e.g. a highly robust progressive OTA which requires writing Rust code and deploying infrastructure to manage that process). 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$163,500–$204,400 Per Year

This is a senior-level role ideal for someone passionate about storytelling, visual content, and understands the full video production process across ideation, animation and editing to produce compelling motion graphics footage to support Archer's marketing initiatives, brand content, and online platforms. We are seeking a Senior Motion Graphics Designer to support the creation of high-quality video content for our aviation operations, marketing, training, and corporate communications.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$163,000–$204,000 Per Year

Lead a team responsible for planning and budgeting for the Engineering organization by collaborating with senior management and business groups to design, track and measure annual operating and financial plan. 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$83,700–$135,100 Per Year

Senior Systems Ownership: 5+ years of experience in Supplier Quality or Manufacturing Engineering, with a specific focus on Integrated Flight Control Systems (FCS), Environmental Control Systems (ECS), and high-complexity avionics suites. Functional Testing Mastery: Proven ability to troubleshoot "box-level" issues on-site, from Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs) to complex Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) and functional bench testing.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$140,000–$195,000 Per Year

Requirements & Architecture: Partner with hardware designers to decompose aircraft-level functions into verifiable hardware requirements for inverters, gate drivers, and motor control logic. Process & Certification: Generate and maintain AEH certification artifacts as required by DO-254 (Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification, Hardware Design Plan, Hardware Accomplishment Summary).

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$188,000 Per Year

The Electrical Engineering Team at Archer is seeking a Senior Electrical Integration Engineer to lead the integration and testing of powertrain electrical systems, focusing on power electronics, battery management systems, dynamometers, and actuators. Interpret complex Interface Control Documents and board level circuit schematics to independently resolve technical integration challenges while strategically leveraging Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for final high-level alignment.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$198,000 Per Year

Collaborate regularly with engineers, designers, product managers, and key stakeholders to deeply understand requirements, manage expectations, and conduct design reviews at least weekly to hand off finished designs ready for development, and perhaps more importantly, present unfinished work in progress to receive early commentary across the team. Translate complex requirements and concepts into intuitive user flows with polished, on-brand interfaces working within and contributing towards our design system, across all platforms, to ensure consistency across products and features while enabling tighter iteration cycles and faster implementation time for Engineering.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$244,600–$294,000 Per Year

The ideal candidate is a proactive, analytical thinker with exceptional business acumen, leadership capabilities, ability to take insights to tell a story, and a track record of building high-performing FP&A organizations. This role partners closely with senior leadership to deliver insights that inform strategic decision-making, optimize financial performance, and support long-term value creation.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$182,400–$228,000 Per Year

Your goal is to provide a seamless, self-service environment where data scientists can go from a JupyterHub notebook to a massive Ray cluster or Trino query without worrying about the underlying hardware. 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$133,400–$200,000 Per Year

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. Implement and maintain the infrastructure and pipeline required for an internal LLM-powered chat service, potentially leveraging platforms like OpenRouter or similar alternatives.

San Jose, CA9 days ago

$100,000–$150,000 Per Year

This role requires a strong executor with deep experience in technical recruiting, exceptional relationship-building skills, and a proven track record of closing highly competitive candidates. 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.

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$149,900–$206,100 Per Year

Responsibilities include contributing to in-house tools and methods development, computation of external loads for airframe and propeller systems, updating and validating aeroelastic modeling, and working with DERs and FAA representatives to certify Joby’s cutting-edge VTOL aircraft. This position requires a solid mathematical and engineering background appropriate to aeronautical/aerospace disciplines, a detailed conceptual understanding of aircraft dynamics and aerodynamics, and strong attention to detail.

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$117,700–$193,900 Per Year

San Carlos, California30+ days ago

$144,000–$248,000 Per Year

The Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System has responsibility for the aircraft primary flight control functions (pilot inceptors, flight sensors, data processing and communications, control laws, control surface and propulsion effectors, vehicle navigation and air data sensors) and some of the vehicle management functions. Company Overview: Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most.

San Carlos, California30+ days ago

$137,200–$206,600 Per Year

As an engineer you'll work closely with product managers, designers, flight operations, and other engineers to maintain and stand up apps for our existing suite of tools in our EFB (electronic flight bag) for pilots, internal apps for our day to day operations on site, and consumer facing apps for riders. Company Overview: Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$189,000 Per Year

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$134,000–$174,000 Per Year

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. 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.

San Francisco, California30+ days ago

$150,000–$180,000 Per Year

Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets. Provides project controls, cost, and performance activities managing project submittals, RFIs, ongoing schedule reviews, PCO negotiations, compiling change orders, processing payment applications, updates to project record drawings, inspections and reports.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$126,700–$158,400 Per Year

We're looking for a Powertrain Manufacturing Engineer who is passionate about bridging design and production — someone who thrives on creating scalable manufacturing systems, optimizing complex processes, and building world-class hardware from the ground up. Contribute to the design and scaling of Archer's Electric Propulsion System production line — from concept to high-rate manufacturing — including layout, automation strategy, tooling, and ramp-up planning.

San Jose, CA28 days ago

$60–$72 Per Hour

This includes overseeing design validation, manufacturing processes, developing inspection plans, and regulatory compliance, ensuring the delivery of a safe, reliable, and high-quality aircraft. Identify, lead, and support continuous improvement initiatives for powertrain manufacturing processes, including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).

San Jose, California22 days ago

Products and services include hand and power tools, tool storage, diagnostics software, information and management systems, shop equipment and other solutions for vehicle dealerships and repair centers, as well as for customers in industries, including aviation and aerospace, agriculture, construction, government and military, mining, natural resources, power generation and technical education. Embedded Software Engineer who performs software and firmware design and development of automotive diagnostic applications and vehicle interface software running on microprocessor based handheld platforms.

Santa Cruz, CA9 days ago

$184,000–$241,000 Per Year

You will play a central role in a variety of M&A and corporate transactions including domestic and cross-border transactions, joint ventures, corporate finance transactions, and strategic partnership deals. Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$230,000–$250,000 Per Year

You will work on cutting-edge technical, product and go-to-market issues in a fast-paced environment, so we are seeking ambitious candidates who work hard, move quickly, and want to play a significant role in contributing to the company's growth as a market leader in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, infrastructure, and operations. As a core element of its business strategy, in addition to the manufacture, sale, and operation of its aircraft, Archer is building next-generation products and services for the aerospace, defense, and software markets, including artificial intelligence (AI) aviation products, airport infrastructure, and airline products.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$144,000–$198,000 Per Year

Collaborate with various engineering disciplines to design high-reliability, safety-critical systems for a hybrid/electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. 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.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$182,500–$228,000 Per Year

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$46–$67 Per Hour

Communicate with Programmers, Machinists, and Team Leaders to identify, select, and procure appropriate tooling for job specific applications (based on part material, geometry, features, tolerances, system rigidity, and equipment capability). Perform inspections and measurements of product dimensions using basic Quality Control measuring tools, probing routines, calipers, micrometer, depth gauges, and other measuring equipment.

Santa Cruz, California21 days ago

$149,900–$206,100 Per Year

Company Overview: Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service.

Santa Cruz, California11 days ago

$161,400–$222,000 Per Year

Safety & Reliability Leadership: Drive System Safety Assessments (SSA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), and Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for complex autonomous systems. Overview: The Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple avionics systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service.

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$144,000–$198,000 Per Year

Company Overview: Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. You will lead program strategies, conduct engineering analysis like MSG-3, and collaborate across design teams to ensure maintainability and achieve type certification.

San Jose, CA30+ days ago

$140,000–$170,000 Per Year

Santa Cruz, California30+ days ago

$49–$65 Per Hour
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Overview: Joby Aviation is seeking an experienced, motivated and detail-oriented Senior Technical Recruiter to join our team and play a key role in scaling our workforce during a pivotal stage of innovation and growth. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced setting, collaborating closely with hiring managers to identify staffing needs, attract top talent, and ensure a smooth, data-driven recruitment process.

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Santa Cruz, California6 days ago

$167,900–$245,000 Per Year

You will work across multiple concurrent workstreams, including flight controls, mission management, embedded systems, simulation, ground control station software, and test infrastructure to help the team prioritize the highest-value work and deliver software tied to flight test campaigns and program milestones. You will partner closely with engineering, flight test and program leads to translate high-level objectives into technically grounded execution plans, maintain clarity around dependencies and risks, and keep the team focused on what matters most.

San Carlos, California30+ days ago

$173,500–$238,500 Per Year

Direct Outside Counsel: Manage all phases of the litigation lifecycle, including pre-suit investigations, discovery, motion practice, and trial, on a broad range of disputes to ensure outside execution remains aligned with company goals. Responsibilities: Lead IP Disputes: Provide strategic counsel and drive business-positive outcomes for adversarial matters, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation and pre-litigation disputes.

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