Manager, Mass Properties

What You’ll Do:

 As the Mass Properties Manager, you will provide strategic and technical leadership for the organization’s weight and balance programs across all aircraft platforms. You will define and oversee the execution of the company’s mass properties strategy, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and optimization throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Mass Properties Engineering team, establishing objectives, mentoring engineers, and driving accountability for program deliverables.
  
  
• Develop and own the company-wide Mass Properties program plan, processes, and standards for tracking and reporting weight, center of gravity, and inertia data.
  
  
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive mass properties database supporting all aircraft models and their variants.
  
  
• Oversee data maturity and identify, manage, and mitigate risks related to weight, balance, and compliance throughout the development cycle.
  
  
• Partner with cross-functional teams—including design, structures, systems, and supply chain—to collect, validate, and analyze data, driving mass optimization and performance improvements.
  
  
• Direct and coordinate mass properties maturity progression, ensuring the transition from estimated to measured data and oversight of audits and validation activities.
  
  
• Champion continuous improvement, identifying and implementing tool and process enhancements that streamline data collection, analysis, and reporting.
  
  
• Provide executive-level reporting on mass properties status, risk posture, and program health to leadership and certification authorities.
  
  
• Support FAA certification activities, ensuring all weight and balance documentation meets regulatory standards.
  
  

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or a related STEM discipline.
  
  
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Mass Properties Engineering, including 3+ years of leadership or technical management experience on an aircraft development program.
  
  
• Proven track record of managing and executing weight and balance programs for complex dynamic systems (preferably aircraft).
  
  
• Experience developing and publishing FAA-compliant mass properties reports and documentation.
  
  
• Demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary teams and coordinating with suppliers to meet weight and performance goals.
  
  
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple programs and priorities simultaneously.
  
  
• Expertise in defining and implementing tools, processes, and methodologies that improve efficiency and data integrity.
  
  

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience establishing and leading a weight and balance program for a clean-sheet aircraft design.
  
  
• Familiarity with CAD tools such as NX, SolidWorks, or CATIA for drawing and model reviews.
  
  
• Experience conducting physical aircraft inspections and managing weighing operations.
  
  
• Direct involvement in type certification of an aircraft under 14 CFR Part 23 or Part 27.
  
  
• Experience with ARP4754A development processes.

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 $150,000 - $215,000. 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 people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.