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.
OverviewJoby is seeking a talented electrical engineer to join our team designing all-electric aircraft. This engineer will work closely with mechanical, software, and other cross-functional teams. You'll be taking ownership of key electrical subsystems and printed-circuit-boards from design through prototyping and to product. This is a hands-on position. Optimizing designs for reliability, weight, and efficiency will be a focus.
Responsibilities- Create clear and readable schematics for digital and mixed-signal printed-circuit-boards
- Component selection for minimum mass and maximum reliability
- Investigate modern technologies for power and data transmission/management
- Work with PCB designers to create reliable and low-weight layouts
- Write requirements, participate in DFMEAs + create and carry out test and validation plans
- 5+ years of working experience in relevant industry
- Strong EE fundamentals, including familiarity with:
- Power conversion (linear and switching regulators)
- Digital design and layout
- Signal conditioning and conversion (ADCs, filters)
- Discrete semiconductor design (FETs, BJTs, Diodes)
- Schematic capture and PCB design
- Experience with component selection
- Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
- Great communication skills
- B.S. in electrical engineering or related discipline
- Advanced Degree
- Experience with Electric Transportation
- Familiarity with Altium Designer
- Exposure to Regulatory Certification
- Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $124,400 - $200,000/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
- Familiarity with power conversion, including linear and switching regulators
- Knowledge of digital design and layout
- Knowledge of signal conditioning and conversion, including ADCs and filters
- Knowledge of discrete semiconductor design, including FETs, BJTs, and diodes
- Schematic capture and PCB design experience
- Component selection experience
- Hands-on experience building and debugging hardware
- Strong communication skills
- Advanced degree
- Experience with electric transportation
- Familiarity with Altium Designer
- Exposure to regulatory certification
- Design-for-reliability experience, including DFMEA and fault trees
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Joby is a California-based company building quiet, all-electric aircraft to connect people like never before. With up to 150 miles of range and the ability to take off and land vertically, the Joby aircraft will change the way we move while reducing the acoustic and climate footprint of flight.
