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Joby Aviation

Systems Integration and Test Engineer, Avionics and Electronics

$115K–$155K

Watsonville, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024

Experience
4+ years of relevant experience with a specified engineering degree, or 7+ years of equivalent hands-on experience with demonstrated engineering responsibility.
Education
B.S. in Electrical, Computer, or Aerospace Engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience as specified.
Visa sponsorship
Must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15, including US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

About the job

Integrates, tests, and configuration-controls commercial avionics and electronic units from initial evaluation through flight-ready installation on autonomous aircraft.

What you'll do

  • Evaluate and test COTS LRUs, diagnose integration issues, and coordinate mitigations with vendors and engineering teams.
  • Develop integration plans, procedures, and interface documentation; support installations and flight-test readiness.
  • Maintain LRU configuration records so aircraft installations match approved designs.

What they ask for

  • B.S. in Electrical, Computer, or Aerospace Engineering or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or 7+ years of equivalent hands-on experience with demonstrated engineering responsibility.
  • Hands-on experience integrating and testing electronic hardware in aircraft, UAS, spacecraft, automotive, or similar systems.
  • Working knowledge of common interfaces and 28VDC power distribution; fluency with electrical test equipment and bus tools.
  • Experience writing traceable test procedures; ability to produce schematics and pinouts; scripting in Python or similar.

Nice to have

  • Environmental and EMI qualification experience; Iron Bird, HIL, or SIL experience.
  • Configuration management in a PLM system, integration of avionics hardware, or familiarity with ARP4754A and DO-254 concepts.

Pay

$115,200 - $155,000/yr (base pay)

Tools

CAN, RS-232/422/485, ARINC 429, Ethernet, Python, Enovia, DO-160, MIL-STD-810

AI focus

Integrates LRUs with Superpilot, Joby's internally developed autonomy software stack; no AI development duties are stated.

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