Senior Electrical Engineer
About The Position
Joby Flight Research designs, develops, and flight-tests novel aircraft using a software-first autonomy approach, building and deploying autonomy, perception, planning, and radar systems across various aircraft configurations. Joby is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join their team designing aircraft avionics. This engineer will work closely with software, systems, mechanical, and other cross-functional teams, taking ownership of key electrical subsystems and printed-circuit-boards from design through prototyping and to product. This is a hands-on position, and optimizing designs for reliability, weight, and efficiency will be essential.
Requirements
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 6+ years of working experience in relevant industry
- Strong understanding of electrical fundamentals and best practices
- 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 electrical component selection
- Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
- Great communication skills
- Must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 (US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees)
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in relevant discipline
- Proficiency with ECAD programs such as Altium Designer, KiCAD and EAGLE
- Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
- Designing for high EMI environments
- Competency with MCAD programs such as CATIA, Autodesk and Solidworks
- Competency in embedded Linux, Python and C++
Responsibilities
- Get to know the team and the aircraft
- Get familiar with the electrical and avionics system architecture
- Help support hardware and software test
- Design, test and bring-up a well-scoped piece of avionics equipment that will support our aircraft and test assets
- Support writing Software for hardware in the loop testing
- Support Flight Test through seeing an avionics design through to aircraft integration
- Take ownership of a piece of avionics equipment, driving key component and PCB design choices
- Support electrical system architecture trade studies
- Support flight test activities by helping troubleshoot flight test aircraft
- Support certification activities with electrical loads analysis, electrical power design and requirements generation & validation
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- 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
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
