Joby Aviation
Senior Test Engineer (Actuators/Mechanical Systems)
$104K–$184K
Santa Cruz, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024
- Experience
- B.S. with 5+ years, M.S. with 3+ years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- B.S. with 5+ years, M.S. with 3+ years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Performs validation and verification testing of flight-critical aircraft components and subsystems, analyzes test data, and supports hardware design and production readiness.
What you'll do
- Develop test plans, procedures, instrumentation, fixtures, and data acquisition setups for repeatable hardware testing.
- Conduct hands-on tests and analyze results to provide quantitative feedback for hardware optimization.
- Coordinate test projects, timelines, resources, and tools across engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Laboratory hardware-testing experience, including verification and validation of mechanical or electromechanical systems.
- Electromechanical or robotics experience and familiarity with servo actuation.
- Fluency using LabVIEW for data collection and DIAdem/MATLAB for data processing; experience with CAD and manufacturing drawings.
- B.S. with 5+ years, M.S. with 3+ years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with industrial test laboratories, high-voltage systems, project management, CATIA, machine-shop skills, aircraft homebuilding or rapid prototyping, or FAA certification processes.
Pay
USD $104,400 - $183,500/yr base salary
Tools
LabVIEW, DIAdem, MATLAB, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Dassault Systèmes CATIA
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