Electrical Engineer - System Electronics

Joby Aviation•San Carlos, CA

36d•$124,400 - $200,000

About The Position

Joby is seeking a talented electrical engineer to join our team designing all-electric aircraft. This engineer will work closely with mechanical, software, 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 a focus.

Requirements

5+ years of working experience in relevant industry
Strong EE fundamentals, including familiarity with: 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 component selection
Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
Great communication skills
B.S. in electrical engineering or related discipline

Nice To Haves

M.S./Ph.D. in relevant discipline
Familiarity with Altium Designer
High voltage electrical design (400V+)
Experience with electrical design
Familiarity with brushless-DC motor control
Exposure to regulatory certification
Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees

Responsibilities

Create clear and readable schematics for digital and mixed-signal printed-circuit-boards
Component selection for minimum mass and maximum reliability
Investigate modern technologies for power and data transmission/management
Work with PCB designers to create reliable and low-weight layouts
Write requirements, participate in DFMEAs + create and carry out test and validation plans