01Archer's fly-by-wire bench is 84 current eVTOL GNC seats
As of August 26, 2026, 6:08 a.m. PT (8/26), Archer maps 84 current eVTOL GNC / flight-controls seats against Joby Aviation 38, with 24 open jobs on that slice.
Archer maps 84 current eVTOL GNC / flight-controls seats. This page reads the function seat at two eVTOL names; it does not lead with company-wide totals.
Joby Aviation maps 38 current. The two add 84 + 38 = 122.
Headline open jobs are 24. Archer maps 9 jobs; Joby Aviation maps 15. This is a talent-flow contrast.
United States 39, Brazil 32, and São José dos Campos 12 sit in later sections. The first screen cites 84 versus 38.
02Archer's 84 seats split United States 39, Brazil 32, Germany 10
Archer mapped current, named countries: United States 39, Brazil 32, Germany 10.
03São José dos Campos holds 12 Archer seats; San Jose holds 4
Archer named cities: São José dos Campos 12, San Francisco 9, Munich 5, San Jose 4. The headquarters city is not the thickest layer.
04Joby Aviation maps 38 current seats, 36 of them US, and 15 US jobs
36 of 38 Joby Aviation current seats are in the United States. Named cities: Santa Cruz 9, San Francisco 5. Jobs 15 are all US.
| Company | Mapped current | Mapped open jobs | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | 84 | 9 | headline · thicker bench |
| Joby Aviation | 38 | 15 | headline · US floor |
| Headline sum | 122 | 24 | these two eVTOL names only |
05Why 122 / 24 is eVTOL flight controls, not launch-vehicle GNC
Function slice
Title / function tokens: eVTOL GNC, or flight controls, or flight research, or fly-by-wire, or state estimation. Seat-family samples (no names published): Joby Aviation current Flight Research Simulation And Controls Lead / System Engineer - Flight Controls; jobs Flight Research Software / Wiring Systems Engineer, Flight Research. Archer current Fly-By-Wire / Staff Flight Controls / GNC For EVTOL; jobs Staff GNC Engineer / State Estimation / Fly-by-Wire. Composites, battery, airframe, Anduril, and Waymo were not used. Company-wide Joby Aviation was not used.
Current and open jobs
The figures are profiles Metix maps as currently employed at that company name, and visible open jobs mapped to that name, not official headcount.
Names
Joby Aviation is the jobyaviation.com Santa Cruz company record. Counts are id-only on that record; listed-name totals are not published as headcount. A bare Joby name collides. Archer is archer.com, San Jose, id-only, not ADM. A bare Archer name collides.
As-of and source
As of August 26, 2026, 6:08 a.m. PT (8/26). Source: Metix AI. This page does not invent company-wide totals. This page sits in the series. A related launch-GNC series is a launch-vehicle slice, not this eVTOL flight-controls slice.
Questions this report answers
- What is the Archer 84-versus-Joby Aviation 38 eVTOL GNC / flight-controls seat?
- As of August 26, 2026, 6:08 a.m. PT, Archer maps 84 current eVTOL GNC / flight-controls seats against Joby Aviation 38, with 24 open jobs on that slice. These are Metix-mapped function-slice counts, not official headcount. Source: Metix AI.
- What does 122 current / 24 open jobs add?
- 122 current / 24 jobs adds Archer 84 / 9 and Joby Aviation 38 / 15 only. The slice is eVTOL GNC / flight controls / flight research / fly-by-wire / state estimation. Launch-vehicle GNC, composites, battery, airframe, Anduril, Waymo, and company-wide Joby Aviation are out. This is not a remake of the launch-GNC series; that page is a different slice.
- Why is São José dos Campos 12, not San Jose 4, Archer's thickest named city?
- Archer mapped current, named countries: United States 39, Brazil 32, Germany 10. Named cities: São José dos Campos 12, San Francisco 9, Munich 5, San Jose 4. Named countries 39 + 32 + 10 = 81 are not a full cover of current 84. Jobs 9: United States 7, Brazil 1, Germany 1. Joby Aviation is 36 of 38 current US; jobs 15 all US. Official hiring pages: Joby Aviation https://careers-jobyaviation.icims.com/jobs , Archer https://www.archer.com/careers and https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/archer56.
- How should the Archer 84 eVTOL GNC map be cited?
- Metix AI Talent Intelligence, 2026-08-26. eVTOL GNC / Flight Controls Talent Map 2026 | Metix AI. https://metix.ai/reports/series/joby-archer-evtol-gnc-2026
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