Job Locations US-CA-San Carlos

ID

2025-4201

Category

Powertrain & Electronics, Manufacturing

Type

Regular Full-Time

Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service.

Joby Aviation is seeking a motivated and organized Staff Manufacturing Test Engineer to develop end-of-line (EOL) testers for airborne electronics including low voltage computers, high voltage power electronics, batteries, motors, and actuators. The position is based in our San Carlos location, and the Electrical Engineer will actively work with various teams at Joby Aviation, including Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Production, Quality Engineering, and more. This role will operate in a fast-paced, demanding, and rewarding environment with very high expectations for individual contribution.

• Work with Design Engineering to define requirements for acceptance testing product designs.
• Establish test plans based on the product requirements.
• Design and build tester proof of concepts.
• Carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time to design and make the testers.
• Document testers including electrical, harness, and circuitry drawings.
• Coordinate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality Engineering to deploy and qualify testers.
• Coordinate with Production and Technical Publications to define operation, maintenance, and calibration of testers.
• Drive continuous improvement on deployed qualified testers.

• 8+ years experience with Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant fields, 6+ with Master's and 3+ with PhD
• Demonstrate organizational skills and attention to details.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Knowledge with Python programming language
• Hands-on skills with diagnostics software, hardware, tools, instruments, general electro-mechanical/mechatronic systems, and measurement techniques
• Experience in electrical schematics and board layout tools
• Ability to perform manual soldering to assemble electronic components on printed circuit boards
• Demonstrate the ability to work with different disciplines (i.e., electrical, mechanical, software)
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask between multiple projects
• Knowledge of statistics and statistical analyses and experience applying these to factory tests, including concepts such as GnRR, Cpk, Standard deviation, etc.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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