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Modern aircraft development requires demonstrated compliance with a variety of FAA rules, guidance documents, and industry standards. The Development Assurance Group is critical to ensuring Joby’s compliance to ARP4754A for systems development, DO-178C for software development, and DO-254 for electronics development. In addition, this group is heavily involved with Joby’s cybersecurity efforts and is paving a path toward future certification of autonomous vehicles. The skilled engineers within this group have established detailed company plans, standards, policies, and procedures for meeting the various development assurance guidelines and now serve in both a...
We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join our team as a senior Hand Layup Technician. In this role, you will play a crucial role in performing composite layup operations to manufacture high-quality composite parts. The ideal candidate should have at least five years of experience and possess advanced abilities and demonstrate expertise in material placement, orientation, and consolidation techniques. High proficiency in performing vacuum bagging and curing operations are also required for this role.
The Supplier Industrialization Engineering team is responsible for critical component development and qualification activities at suppliers. The Sr. / Staff SIE role requires communicating well with internal and external teams, traveling to suppliers in different regions, and on-the-spot critical decision-making. The goal: delivering on-time quantities of high-quality component parts into production processes to enable extremely rapid development cycles and product launches.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join our team as a Senior Autoclave Operator Technician. In this role, you will have the opportunity to further develop your skills in operating and monitoring autoclave equipment used in the curing of composite materials. Job duties include machine operations including proper loading and...
Joby Aviation is seeking a highly experienced and talented individual to improve and optimize our R&D CNC programming activities. Joby is working towards the goal of development, certification and production of a world changing eVTOL aircraft. As the Senior CNC Programmer, this individual will have overall responsibility for development, implementation, and training of the 3, 5-axis and Lathe CNC programming processes for the R&D Machine Shop.
Joby Aviation is seeking an experienced CNC Prototype Machinist to join our subtractive prototyping team. This individual’s role is to setup, operate, program, make fixtures, jigs, test articles, and flight components while collaborating with engineers and other technicians through hands-on experience. You will be responsible for the entire process of CNC operations from start to finish cutting a wide variety of metals and plastics. A willing attitude is very important for this position and goes a long way when thinking through a variety of solutions to complete jobs on time due to the fast pace of parts flowing through the shop. This...
Joby Aviation is seeking an experienced CNC Prototype Machinist to join our subtractive prototyping team. This individual’s role is to setup, operate, program, make fixtures, jigs, test articles, and flight components while collaborating with engineers and other technicians through hands-on experience. You will be responsible for the entire process of CNC operations from start to finish cutting a wide variety of metals and plastics. A willing attitude is very important for this position and goes a long way when thinking through a variety of solutions to complete jobs on time due to the fast pace of parts flowing through the shop. This...
As a Senior Compensation Analyst at Joby, you will lead the execution of our annual compensation cycles and conduct in-depth market reviews to ensure our global pay structures remain competitive and equitable. This role will also participate in special projects that evolve our global compensation strategy like pay equity initiatives to job architecture redesigns. Serving as a data-driven consultant to the People Team and our business, you will play a critical role in shaping a compensation philosophy that scales with our growth. This position is based out of Joby’s Santa Cruz, CA office. Onsite presence 2-3 days per week is...
In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to Joby’s energy storage and distribution system software team. This system is responsible for safely powering the aircraft, managing high-voltage systems, and providing real-time state-of-charge and state-of-health estimates to the pilot and control system. You will focus on developing, testing, and deploying software for this system. Since this software includes both C++ and model-based elements and must meet stringent safety requirements, your code will be held to high safety and regulatory standards. You will work closely with systems engineering and software teams to ensure robust and...
We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join our team as a Composite Material Cutting Technician. In this role, you will be responsible for performing material cutting operations to support production. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated
Joby Aviation is seeking a passionate individual to join our Powertrain and Electronics team as a Senior/Staff Automation Controls Engineer in San Carlos, CA. As part of this team, you will lead the electrical engineering design and development of first-generation manufacturing test equipment used to validate powertrain and electronic systems for the Joby S4 aircraft. This role combines automation controls with deep electrical engineering fundamentals, requiring strong analytical capability in circuit design, precision measurement, sensor selection, and electronics validation. You will architect robust end-of-line (EOL) and electronics test platforms that form the foundation for scalable, automated...
We are seeking a detail-oriented and driven Fixed Asset Analyst to join our growing Finance & Accounting team. This position plays a key role in the integrity and accuracy of our financial reporting, supporting both U.S. and international operations. The ideal candidate has a strong accounting foundation, thrives in a
Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate individual to join our testing team. As part of this team you will help design hardware to support testing of flight critical systems for VTOL electric aircraft. Work may include electrical and industrial process equipment design, with a focus integrated loading systems. The role will involve a mix of hands-on prototyping and troubleshooting, documentation aligned to industry standards and the integration of industrial electronics in a range novel test platforms.
Joby Aviation is seeking a passionate and driven Staff Fight Test Engineer to join our flight test team. This role presents a unique opportunity to be a technical leader in a broad scope of the flight test program. Utilizing a wide range of knowledge and skill you'll be intimately involved in day-to-day operation such as developing detailed flight test plans for experimental CTOL/VTOL fly-by-wire aircraft, executing testing as a crewmember, and analyzing test data. The role involves developing flight test program strategies as well as execution of both development and certification flight tests. The successful candidate may be given an opportunity to lead a team...
This staff engineer will play a key role in a small, fast-moving team and participate in architecture, design, and implementation of motor control systems within our electric-powered, fly-by-wire aircraft. This engineer will work closely with the hardware, mechanical, integration, and flight-testing teams to design, develop, test and improve system-level behaviors.
The Human Factors Certification Engineer will be the focal for concept development and validation, systems integration, and certification activities related to Human Factors aspects of the aircraft design. This role will serve as the internal Subject Matter Expert as well as the primary external point of contact with regulatory agencies, industry standards groups, and suppliers for Human Factors considerations. The most important traits at Joby are a positive attitude towards the project, strong work ethic, and being able to self-manage and learn new skills. Forward thinking and the ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced environment are a must.
The Stock Plan Administration Lead plays a key role in overseeing and managing the day-to-day stock plan administrative activities at the intersection of People, Finance, and Legal. We are seeking a leader that is resourceful, tech-savvy and fully comfortable managing stakeholders as well as direct processing.
The Testing Team is currently in search of a Summer intern to contribute to the execution of structural, environmental, and functional tests on the flight-critical components and systems of our innovative eVTOL aircraft. This individual will collaborate closely with fellow engineers, offering hands-on support across a spectrum of testing projects. While we anticipate interns to assume significant responsibility, we are committed to offering the necessary support and guidance, fostering their growth and success within the dynamic, engineering-centric environment.
Working as a Structural Test Engineer, you will support the Testing Team. As part of this team you will perform structural testing of flight critical structures for VTOL electric aircraft. Working in our structural test lab...