Senior Electrical Engineer

About the position

Joby is seeking a talented senior level 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 essential. This position may be based in our San Carlos, CA or Santa Cruz, CA locations!

Responsibilities

• Verification activities for airborne electronic hardware, following DO-254, AC 20-152a and ARP4751 processes
• Debug issues discovered in verification, qualification, and flight testing and identify solutions with minimal impact
• Identify design improvements and implement them, creating clear and readable schematics for digital and mixed-signal printed-circuit-boards
• Write requirements, participate in DFMEAs + create and carry out test and validation plans

Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• 7+ years overall experience with 3+ of those years developing airborne electronic hardware for civil aviation.
• 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 following DO-254 and ARP4751
• Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
• Great communication skills

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree in relevant discipline
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Familiarity with Altium Designer
• Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
• Designing for high EMI environments

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Healthcare benefits
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance