Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate Senior Software Engineer, Plant Floor to help our team. As part of the Manufacturing IT Development team, you will design, implement and deploy software and hardware solutions to automate the data collection, movement and analysis across our company. Work includes setting up manufacturing data collection, creating data aggregation and analysis tools as well as operational awareness and visualization tools. Using your knowledge of human-machine interfaces, you will work with our engineering, manufacturing, quality, IT, and business systems teams to oversee the requirements gathering, discovery, and roll out of scalable solutions. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Santa Cruz, CA, USA San Carlos, CA USA Marina, CA USA

Working as a Composites M&P Technician you will support the materials qualification effort leading to the development, certification, and production of eVTOL aircraft. The role requires composite fabrication and laboratory experience. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Working as a Composites M&P Fabrication Technician you will support the materials qualification effort leading to the development, certification, and production of eVTOL aircraft. The role requires composite fabrication and laboratory experience. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to work with minimal supervision.

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer with exceptional C++ skills to work on our core Flight Framework that flies our aircraft! This is the framework that powers all the software systems on the aircraft.

In this role  you’ll own the creation and oversight of left-to-right clear to build schedules to support builds. As an MPM, you will oversee manufacturing operations (production, quality, material planning) cost, schedule and deliverables during New Product Introduction (NPI), Ramp and Sustaining Phases as well as organize and oversee manufacturing (in house or Contract Manufacturer) transition from validation to ramp and production states.

As an Aircraft Design and Analysis Engineer, you will play a key technical role defining and assessing Joby’s next generation of products. You must have strong technical skills across a variety of aircraft design and analysis domains. Aircraft definition, integrated performance, and trade studies are particularly important for this role, as are tasks related to outer mold line definition. Competitive candidates will also have deep experience in one or more of the additional skills list (it is not expected that applicants will have most, or all, of the additional skills).  

As the Manufacturing Training Specialist, you will create Joby’s aircraft fabrication and manufacturing training program for the powertrain and electronics department. You will use your experience and knowledge to create a curriculum, develop hands-on training modules and exhibits (dojo), train trainers, and coordinate training delivery based on production needs. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment and a passion for teaching others.

Our Production Planning and Material Flow Leadteam is increasing in both size and complexity. We are looking for a dynamic leader to help grow and mature the team  enabling the transition from pilot to volume production. This unique role will manage the day-to-day tactical production planning, scheduling, flow of materials, and monitoring to achieve goals and objectives for delivery dates, output quality, volume, cost, and optimization. Additionally, this role will oversee scheduling and the development of methods to allocate and control resources and materials effectively. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets/forecasts. The position has full authority for personnel actions.  

Joby aviation is seeking a passionate development engineer to join our additive engineering team. This role will support the optimization of current additive manufacturing processes while simultaneously advancing the team into new materials and techniques. The candidate will be comfortable across multiple disciplines, including materials science, manufacturing, and statistics.

Joby Aviation is looking for talented technicians and wire harness fabricators to join our Electrical Systems Integration team. If you like working with your hands and are hardworking, motivated, excited about working on next generation cutting edge aircraft and take pride in doing high quality work, then we want to talk to you! On our team, you will work to build and install the critical systems that make up the heart of all of Joby’s technologies, the electrical system. We at Joby have been hard at work making groundbreaking developments toward our goal of providing safe, affordable, fully electric air transportation that is accessible to everyone. We are not shy about our goal to change the world. Our all-electric aircraft can quietly take off vertically like a helicopter, then transition to the efficient configuration of wing-born flight as an airplane and transport you and your family quickly and effortlessly over the congestion below, to then land vertically on a helipad close to your final destination giving you back the time you’d waste sitting in traffic. We are a fun, small, tight-knit team who like to work hard and enjoy what we do. We have multiple openings for this role with different expectations depending on level of experience. Read on below and let us know how your passion and experience can help us build the future of air transportation!

Joby Aviation is seeking a hardworking, innovative, and passionate engineer to help take our cell testing to the next level. This person will be part of the team focused on developing and quantifying the performance metrics unique to EVTOL applications and be engaged in all levels of cell-testing, including design-of-experiments, test protocol development, and data analysis and interpretation. This person will be integral to driving insights that impact design decisions related to the battery architecture and will work closely with design, safety, electrochemical, and simulation engineers to make our design the best in the industry.

This 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.

Joby is seeking a Manufacturing Training Manager to oversee our aircraft manufacturing training programs in partnership with manufacturing leadership. Situated in Joby’s Academy, the Manufacturing Training Manager will partner closely with manufacturing leadership to train the future of high tech aerospace manufacturing talent. This leadership role will be responsible for standardizing, documenting, and supporting training activities across multiple manufacturing shops, ensuring consistent and efficient training processes.

Joby Aviation is seeking a motivated individual to join our airframe and actuators team. This individual will be responsible for the design and certification of flight critical electro-mechanical actuators. This role will involve management of existing requirements and drafting new requirements, conceptual and detailed CAD design, drawing creation, hardware selection and procurement, and drafting of documentation for certification. This role will also require support in the manufacturing of prototype and production flyaway actuators, component and system testing, data analysis, and implementing design changes driven by learnings from test and operation. A strong knowledge of metallics, coatings, bearings, resolvers, encoders, brushless DC motors, seals, mechanical hardware, GD&T, and drafting standards are required. Experience in the certification of aerospace actuators is highly desirable. Hands-on experience and a “get it done" attitude are key for this position. This position is rewarding for engineers that value seeing their ideas rapidly grow from concept to creation due to Joby Aviation’s fast development pace.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join our team as a Composite Hand Lamination Technician. In this role, you will be responsible for performing composite layup operations to manufacture high-quality composite parts. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated experience in pre-pregply placement on open face tooling, ply orientation and material consolidation techniques. Additionally, proficiency in performing vacuum bagging, debulking and knowledge of curing operations are necessary for this role. 

Joby Aviation is on a mission to save a billion people an hour every day by introducing a revolutionary urban air mobility service featuring the innovative all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) JAS4-1 air vehicle. The Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System (IFPCS) product team is seeking highly motivated, passionate engineers to help complete the mission. The Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System includes all the primary flight control functions (pilot inceptors, flight sensors, processing and communications, control laws, and control effectors) and some vehicle management functions.   The position offers the opportunity to have direct impact on the certification success of the JAS4-1 air vehicle, and its new and novel technologies in the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) marketplace.

Joby Aviation is on a mission to save a billion people an hour every day by introducing a revolutionary urban air mobility service featuring the innovative all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) JAS4-1 air vehicle. The Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System (IFPCS) product team is seeking highly motivated, passionate engineers to help complete the mission. The Integrated Flight and Propulsion Control System includes all the primary flight control functions (pilot inceptors, flight sensors, processing and communications, control laws, and control effectors) and some vehicle management functions. The position offers the opportunity to have direct impact on the certification success of the JAS4-1 air vehicle, and its new and novel technologies in the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) marketplace.

Joby Aviation is looking for engineers experienced with civil aviation certification to join our growing team. This role will serve as an internal Subject Matter Expert as well as a primary external point of contact with regulatory agencies and industry standards groups for aircraft, system, and equipment-level aspects of avionics and electrical systems and equipment.   Certification engineers will work closely with multiple design engineering and test teams to ensure designs comply with all federal airworthiness regulations.  This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft systems, system development, and industry-specific certification processes.  It is preferred that this individual be an FAA DER or candidate. 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 Avionics and Electrical Systems Certification Engineer will be responsible for certification aspects of some or all systems and equipment related to: - Communications - Electrical Power - Indicating and Recording Systems - Lights - Guidance, Navigation, and Surveillance  - Cabin Systems - Systems Integration - Air Vehicle Wiring

Joby Aviation is looking for engineers experienced with civil aviation certification to join our growing team. This role will serve as an internal Subject Matter Expert as well as a primary external point of contact with regulatory agencies and industry standards groups for aircraft, system, and equipment-level aspects of mechanical systems and equipment. Certification engineers will work closely with multiple design engineering and test teams to ensure designs comply with all federal airworthiness regulations. This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft systems, system development, and industry-specific certification processes. It is preferred that this individual be an FAA DER or candidate. 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 Mechanical Systems Certification Engineer will be responsible for certification aspects of some or all systems and equipment related to: - Environmental controls Systems (ECS) - Ice and rain protection - Landing gear, wheels, brakes, and tires - Doors and steps - Hydraulic and pneumatic equipment - Actuation systems - Seats - Interiors - Flammability Testing - Cabin Safety