Joby Aviation
Flight Test Aircraft Engineer Lead
$171K–$235K
Marina, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024
- Experience
- 8+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related STEM discipline.
About the job
Leads the engineering team responsible for configuring, operating, troubleshooting, and sustaining flight-test aircraft to meet program goals and maintain safety and mission readiness.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor aircraft engineers and maintainers, reinforcing safety, configuration discipline, and SOP adherence.
- Coordinate technical issue resolution between flight-test and design teams, approve engineering releases, and clear aircraft for test missions.
- Manage aircraft configurations and coordinate engineering changes, maintenance work, scheduling, and logistics to support test operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or closely related STEM discipline.
- 8+ years of hands-on professional engineering experience in flight testing, aircraft maintenance engineering, or aircraft systems integration.
- Experience leading, mentoring, or guiding multidisciplinary technical teams in a high-tempo aerospace flight-test or development environment.
- Knowledge of aircraft configuration control, mass properties tracking, engineering change processes, maintenance release protocols, and enterprise issue-tracking systems.
Nice to have
- Aircraft Manager experience on an experimental flight-test program, preferably VTOL or STOVL and fly-by-wire platforms.
- Civil aircraft certification experience, including ARP 4754, FAA AC 23-8C or AC 27-1B, FAA Order 4040.26C, DO-178C, or DO-160.
Pay
USD $171,200 - $235,400/yr base pay
Tools
JIRA, IFS, ARP 4754, FAA AC 23-8C, FAA AC 27-1B, FAA Order 4040.26C, DO-178C, DO-160
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