Flight Research Systems Engineer

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. At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA.

With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.

The Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple avionics systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service. Joby Aviation’s flight research team is looking for a passionate Systems Engineer to join our growing team. This is a position that provides the engineer a chance to interact with many of the key teams and disciplines within the company.

The Systems Engineer will provide technical guidance and coordination across the Autonomy Systems. This role will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of the autonomy system, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service. This role will be responsible for leading the development and certification of systems and sub-systems and ensuring successful design validation and verification. The Systems Engineer will work very closely with Software, Hardware and GNC teams to ensure the avionics systems meet the needs of the program.

This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft systems, system development, and industry specific certification processes. This position requires enough background knowledge and a willingness to learn to enable one to understand the complex trade-offs involved in the system design both within Avionics and across the aircraft systems as a whole.

• BS in Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical Engineering (or related)
• Bachelor's degree +5years experience;
  Advanced degree +3 years experience
• Systems engineering experience developing complex, safety-critical vehicles, with depth on at least one side of the V and a clear desire to grow into full-V ownership
• Thorough understanding of systems engineering concepts and methods, including system-level requirements definition, traceability, and validation
• Experience with safety and reliability analyses such as System Safety Assessments (SSA), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), and FMECA
• Proficiency with requirements management and traceability tools (e.g., Jama, Polarion, DOORS)
• This position must meet US export control compliance requirements, therefore a candidate must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R.120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

• Demonstrated full-V experience developing complex, safety-critical vehicles
• MS/PhD in engineering
• Experience with autonomous system logic, Command & Control (C2) link reliability, and GCS integration for Group 3-5 UAS
• Experience with digital flight control systems
• Experience with aircraft certification development and test processes (ARP
  4754, DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160)
• MBSE experience and tool proficiency (e.g., Cameo/Magic Draw, Capella, Rhapsody)
• Demonstrated success in clean-sheet aerospace development
• Experience leading Technical Readiness Reviews (TRR) and Flight Readiness Reviews (FRR)
• Experience mentoring systems engineers and standardizing engineering workflows

• Systems Architecture & Requirement Ownership:
  Lead the definition and management of system-level requirements and traceability. You don’t just write requirements; you define the hierarchy and validation methods using tools…