Joby Aviation
Flight Research Chief Engineer, Aircraft Systems
$208K–$280K
Santa Cruz, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024
- Experience
- 12+ years in aerospace systems engineering; significant time as a technical authority, chief engineer, or development-program lead.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15; includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.
About the job
Serves as the technical authority for aircraft systems in Joby’s Flight Research program, leading system architecture, safety, requirements, verification, and the engineering team through flight testing and certification.
What you'll do
- Own aircraft-systems architecture, requirements baselines, system interfaces, and component trade-offs.
- Lead the systems safety case and verification strategy, and chair technical and flight readiness reviews.
- Lead the aircraft-systems engineering team and represent systems constraints in program and aircraft-level decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years in aerospace systems engineering, including significant time as a technical authority, chief engineer, or development-program lead.
- Accountability for systems architecture and the systems safety case through certification on at least one aircraft program.
- Fluency with ARP4754A/B, ARP4761/4761A, and the DO-178C / DO-254 / DO-160 family; willingness to travel to flight-test locations.
Nice to have
- Prior chief-engineer or delegated technical-authority role on a clean-sheet program.
- UAS, SORA, hydrogen-electric or fuel-cell propulsion, digital flight controls, or MBSE and requirements-tool experience.
Pay
USD 207,600 - 280,000/yr base salary
Tools
ARP4754A/B, ARP4761/4761A, DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160, Jama, Polarion, Cameo/MagicDraw
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