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Leads planning, execution, and analysis of advanced flight tests for autonomous aircraft systems. Directs cross-functional engineers and pilots, develops flight-test policies and tools, supports civil and military airworthiness activities, investigates unusual aircraft behavior, and advises leadership on test strategy and autonomous software integration. Requires extensive flight-test experience, pilot certification, aerospace expertise, and experience with fly-by-wire aircraft, avionics, or automation.

Designs, integrates, and deploys electromechanical battery test equipment connected to high-voltage batteries and data acquisition hardware. Develops battery safety lab expansion plans, executes cell and battery testing, builds data pipelines and dashboards, and maintains equipment documentation and compliance for certification. Requires hands-on mechanical and electrical engineering, battery safety, sensing, data processing, CAD, and test equipment experience.

Develop and commission custom electromechanical manufacturing equipment for aircraft assembly and testing. Design scalable PLC software in Structured Text, build HMIs, create electrical schematics and panel layouts, select controls components and sensors, and support wiring, validation, and production deployment. Collaborate with manufacturing and test engineers to deliver reliable automation systems.

Owns manufacturing and assembly processes for autonomous aircraft installations, including build planning, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, technician support, design for manufacturability, nonconformance resolution, supplier qualification, and quality improvements. The role requires hands-on experience with aerospace structures, metallic and composite fabrication, GD&T, CAD-based tooling design, FAA requirements, and transitioning prototype builds to rate production.

Design, develop, test, certify, and support propeller blades, rotor hubs, and related mechanical components for advanced aircraft. Collaborate with analysis, testing, manufacturing, and certification teams throughout the product lifecycle. Create certification and test documentation, ensure structural integrity and manufacturability, and provide technical guidance on FAA regulatory compliance. The role requires onsite work in Santa Cruz, California.

Conducts experimental flight testing for advanced conventional, electric, and hydrogen-electric aircraft, with emphasis on autonomy systems. Responsibilities include test planning, flight readiness reviews, crew participation, real-time data monitoring, post-flight analysis, reporting, configuration management, troubleshooting, root-cause investigation, and flight manual development. The role requires collaboration with engineers, pilots, maintenance, and leadership, plus at least 10% travel for military exercises or remote test campaigns.

Develop aerodynamic, propulsion, flight dynamics, performance, and aeroelastic models for novel aircraft and autonomy systems. Lead flight-physics trade studies, design aerodynamic and propulsor elements, evaluate trajectories, support real-time simulation, specify ground and flight tests, and validate models through flight-test data and system identification. Collaborate with aircraft design, GNC, simulation, and flight software teams.

Performs aircraft and systems loads analysis across the operational envelope, supports flight and ground testing, analyzes test data, and develops aeroelastic and aerodynamic models. The role improves simulation tools, validates analytical models, builds loads databases, and supports FAA certification documentation. Collaboration spans flight physics, airframe, systems, testing, and certification teams. The position requires on-site work in Santa Cruz or Marina, California, particularly during active flight-test periods.

Leads Joby’s global talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, recruiting operations, employer brand, and candidate experience. Advises executives on hiring and organizational scaling, builds a high-performing recruiting organization, and oversees systems, analytics, compliance, agency and university partnerships. The role drives hiring across technical, manufacturing, operational, software, and corporate functions while improving recruiting effectiveness and supporting global growth.

Lead fatigue and damage tolerance substantiation for primary aircraft structures through design, testing, analysis, and FAA certification. Perform fracture mechanics and crack-growth analyses, develop durability test programs, author certification documentation, define inspection intervals, and establish continued airworthiness requirements. The role requires deep aerospace experience with metallic and composite structures, structural fatigue, damage tolerance, and certification activities.