We are seeking a motivated individual to join our team as an Autoclave Operator Apprentice. In this role, we will provide comprehensive training to develop your skills in operating and monitoring autoclave equipment used in the curing of composite materials. As an apprentice you will learn the proper techniques for loading and unloading parts, setting up and adjusting process parameters and closely monitoring the autoclave throughout the curing cycle.

We are seeking a motivated individual to join our 2nd shift team as an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Lamination Apprentice. In this role, we will provide comprehensive training to develop your skills in operating and maintaining the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) system. You will work closely with our engineering and manufacturing teams to support R&D and production parts fabrication. Joby Aviation is dedicated to training and developing individuals with potential, and we are looking for apprentices who are eager to learn and grow in the field of AFP lamination. Please note that as an apprentice, we prioritize a willingness to learn and develop the necessary skills over extensive prior experience. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about the opportunity to train in the field of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) lamination and contribute to our innovative projects.

We are seeking a motivated individual to join our team as an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Lamination Apprentice. In this role, we will provide comprehensive training to develop your skills in operating and maintaining the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) system. You will work closely with our engineering and manufacturing teams to support R&D and production parts fabrication. Joby Aviation is dedicated to training and developing individuals with potential, and we are looking for apprentices who are eager to learn and grow in the field of AFP lamination. Please note that as an apprentice, we prioritize a willingness to learn and develop the necessary skills over extensive prior experience. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about the opportunity to train in the field of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) lamination and contribute to our innovative projects.

Joby Aviation is seeking a highly skilled and experienced System Safety Lead at our Santa Cruz, CA facility. This role requires a thoughtful and inspirational leader that will be responsible for providing guidance and direction for the planning, implementation and operation of Joby Aviation’s safety program plan and associated deliverables.This individual must be highly organized and self-driven while possessing a deep understanding of SAE ARP 4761, SAE ARP 4754, and 14 CFR 1309 regulations across Part 23/25/27. The selected candidate will possess strong leadership skills as well as the ability to attain results in a fast paced, start-up environment.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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Systems Engineer with expertise in structures to join our team.You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and guidelines related to structures. Your role will involve working closely with design engineers, project managers, and regulatory agencies to facilitate the certification process for structures.   This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft structures, metallic and composite materials, and aviation certification processes. The candidate is required to be a current designated engineering representative (DER).

We are seeking a highly skilled Certification Engineer with expertise in FAA regulations and delegation, specifically in the areas of propeller systems. The ideal candidate will either have delegation under Title 14 Part 35 Propellers as a designated engineering representative (DER), past or present unit member (UM), or have the credential of becoming a company DER. The Certification Engineer will play a key role in the certification process of our aerospace products, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory standards and supporting the development of standardized test methods.

You will provide experienced leadership in support of air vehicle design, ground tests, and flight tests with aerodynamics performance design and analysis, and provide guidance on all performance analysis and certification concerns.   This role will handle planning and execution of aerodynamic performance analysis and testing of air vehicles throughout the development and certification process.

This position involves architecture and implementation of embedded software at the heart of Joby Aviation aircraft. The engineer will play a key role in a small, fast-moving team and have input to requirements, conceptual system design, and implementation of embedded software for the radio systems for our fly-by-wire aircraft.

The System Safety Engineer will support aircraft development through certification and into service, by generating and reviewing system safety assessments and analyses and interfacing with other departments. The System Safety Engineer will report functionally to the Senior System Safety Engineer. 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 Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple avionics systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service.  Joby Aviation is looking for a passionate Avionics Engineering leader to join our growing team. This is a leadership position that provides the engineer a chance to interact with many of the key teams and disciplines within the company.  The Systems Engineering Avionics Lead will provide technical guidance and coordination across the Avionics Systems, including interior and exterior lighting. This role will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of the Avionics and lighting system, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service.  This role will be responsible for leading the development and certification of systems and sub-systems and ensuring successful design validation and verification.  The Systems Engineering Avionics Lead will work very closely with FAA Engineers and Joby DERs to ensure the avionics systems comply with all federal airworthiness regulations.   This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft systems, system development, and industry specific certification processes. This position requires enough background knowledge and a willingness to learn to enable one to understand the complex trade-offs involved in the system design both within Avionics and across the aircraft systems as a whole.     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.

Joby Aviation is seeking a passionate internal loads engineer to join our structural integrity engineering team. This role will work across teams, such as Airframe Stress, Mechanical Subsystem Stress, and Powertrain Stress, to create GFEMs and develop internal loads. Candidate should be a self-starter with strong communication skills and possess a deep understanding of Finite Element Modeling, External and Internal Loads, and verification and validation. 

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. It is preferred that this individual be an FAA DER or candidate.

Joby Aviation is seeking a skilled software engineer to join our Mission Displays team. We are working to further develop our clean-sheet-design, fully electric, eVTOL aircraft for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. We are looking to add a talented C++ SW Engineer to our SW team that will lead the design and develop safety-critical software for our integrated flight deck.

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!