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Joby Aviation

Senior/Staff RF Systems Engineer

$140K–$234K

Santa Cruz, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024

Location
Santa Cruz, CA
Marina, CA
Experience
8+ years required; 10+ years preferred.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience; Master's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred.
Visa sponsorship
US Citizen or Permanent US Resident

About the job

Designs, integrates, tests, and troubleshoots RF and radio systems for Joby’s eVTOL aircraft and flight-test operations.

What you'll do

  • Design, integrate, test, and validate aircraft radio systems, including antennas and next-generation conformal antennas.
  • Analyze flight-test data and troubleshoot radio-system issues during integration, bench testing, and flight testing.
  • Ensure coexistence of flight-critical radio systems and specify production test equipment.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience developing and/or deploying RF and radio systems.
  • Experience as a team lead, manager, or mentor of engineers.
  • Understanding of communications systems and aviation radio equipment, including VHF, GNSS, VOR, ILS, and Radar Altimeter.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • 10+ years of experience developing and/or deploying RF and radio systems; experience managing a team of RF Engineers in self-directed projects.

Pay

USD $139,500 - $234,500/yr base salary

Tools

Grafana, Databricks, Ansys HFSS, microwave telemetry, SatCom, cellular LTE networks, UHF radio equipment

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