Joby Aviation

Electrical Engineer - Avionics and PCB Design

Job Locations US-CA-Santa Cruz
ID
2025-3892
Category
Electrical Engineering
Type
Regular Full-Time

Overview

Joby is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join our team designing aircraft avionics!  This engineer will work closely with software, systems, mechanical and other cross-functional teams. You'll be taking ownership of key electrical subsystems and printed-circuit-boards from design through prototyping and to product. This is a hands-on position. Optimizing designs for reliability, weight, and efficiency will be essential.

Responsibilities

  • Design, test and bring-up a well-scoped piece of avionics equipment that will support our aircraft and test assets 
  • Support writing Software for hardware in the loop testing
  • Support Flight Test through seeing an avionics design through to aircraft integration .
  • Take ownership of a piece of avionics equipment, driving key component and PCB design choices   
  • Support electrical system architecture trade studies and 
  • Support flight test activities by helping troubleshoot flight test aircraft.
  • Support certification activities with electrical loads analysis, electrical power design and requirements generation & validation.

Required

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
  • Strong understanding of electrical fundamentals and best practices 
    • Power conversion (linear and switching regulators)
    • High-speed digital design and layout
    • Signal conditioning and conversion (ADCs, filters)
    • Discrete semiconductor design (FETs, BJTs, Diodes)
  • Schematic capture and PCB design
  • Experience with electrical component selection
  • Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
  • Great communication skills

 

This position must meet US export control compliance requirements, therefore a candidate must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

Desired

  • Advanced degree in relevant discipline
  • 3+ years of working experience in relevant industry
  • Proficiency with ECAD programs such as Altium Designer, KiCAD and EAGLE
  • Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
  • Designing for high EMI environments
  • Competency with MCAD programs such as CATIA, Autodesk and Solidworks
  • Competency in embedded Linux, Python and C++

 

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $139,900 - $186,500/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

 

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

Additional Information

Joby Aviation is an equal opportunity employer. 

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