Software Engineering Intern

Joby Aviation • Santa Cruz, CA

5h • $25 - $33 • Hybrid

About The Position

Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.
Overview
We are looking for a motivated intern to join one of our software development teams to help us build a revolutionary, cost effective, and clean global transportation system to fulfill our mission of saving a billion people an hour a day. It will be an in-person, hybrid internship based in Santa Cruz, CA.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, UX Design, or related field, graduating between December 2026 and August 2027.
• Ability to identify challenging problems and potential solutions with guidance from a mentor, and work toward them with a high degree of independence.
• Experience/Comfort with application and/or object-oriented technologies such as C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, SQL, Docker, AWS
• Coding, debugging and trouble-shooting skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn!

Nice To Haves

• Strong examples of previous engineering and design experience from past internships and/or extracurricular projects.
• Experience working on cross-disciplinary projects involving software development for a hardware system.
• Ability to learn quickly and multi-task in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.
• Passionate about aviation and/or robotics.

Responsibilities

• During this internship, you will be embedded within a small team of development engineers and designers who will contribute directly to designing, coding, testing, and building on and off aircraft applications used by engineers and other teams across the company.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern