Joby Aviation
Technical Program Manager, Systems Development & Implementation
$150K–$192K
Santa Cruz, CA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Drive cross-functional technical program execution for aircraft system areas with open technical risks, from scoping and roadmaps through verification and readiness for commercial operation.
What you'll do
- Scope system-area roadmaps and risk mitigation plans, sequencing work to reach inhabited-operation readiness.
- Manage integrated schedules, dependencies, and critical paths across engineering, verification, and airworthiness teams; adapt plans as new information emerges.
- Drive system maturation from requirements validation through software or feature development and verification.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Technical literacy in system requirements, software and verification concepts, and engineering trade-offs.
- Demonstrated experience planning ambiguous, high-risk technical work and managing schedules, dependencies, and critical paths across engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Experience in flight controls, propulsion, avionics, embedded software, or safety-critical/regulated system development; familiarity with requirements-based testing or DO-178C/DO-254-style environments.
- Familiarity with Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, and AI-native tools.
Pay
USD 149,500 - 192,000/yr base salary
Tools
Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, DO-178C, DO-254
AI focus
Familiarity with AI-native tools is desired; no specific AI development work is stated.
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