Aircraft Technical Project Manager

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.

As an Aircraft Technical Project Manager, you are responsible fo r the planning, scheduling and execution tracking of all work performed on the experimental Flight Test aircraft . As a core part of Joby’s Flight Test departmen t, you will use your technical and interpersonal skillset to coordinate complex projects involving the experimental aircraft . The Aircraft Technical Project Manager interfaces directly with the assigned Aircraft Manger, Engineering IPTs, Program Office, Flight Test Operations, Maintenance, Airworthiness and Certification Engineering to lead the technical planning and schedule management effort for the aircraft .

The Aircraft Technical Project Manager is central to the aircraft’s utilization and is required to optimize the schedule for program objectives and operational availabilit y . The Aircraft TPM plays a critical role managing the aircraft that are being utilized for the purposed of Research & Development and FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA).

• Establishes and maintains the technical project plan for the experimental aircraft including maintenance, engineering , and conformity activities
• Coordinates with the Flight Test Operations team, Project Flight Test Engineer and Aircraft Manager to establish and manage the plan to ensure aircraft are equipped and configured for specific test campaigns (both developmental and certification)
• Works directly with the Engineering IPTs to construct technical wor k instructions and Engineering Data Packages making them available for execution
• Collaborates with Airworthiness and Certification Engineering to maintain the certification packages for the aircraft for show compliance test events
• Manage and optimize the technical schedule for the aircraft by determining dependencies, implementing creative strategy and employing resource management skills
• Reports technical plans and schedule to the Program Office to ensure alignment on scheduled activities and to provide input to drive company strategy
• Facilitates frequent aircraft status reviews with cross-functional stakeholders to surface schedule risks, resolve conflicts, and re-baseline technical priorities as test campaigns evolve
• Develops and maintains risk register and contingency plans for the aircraft schedule, identifying critical path items and proposing mitigation strategies to protect test campaign milestones
• Rapidly reassesses and re-sequences the technical schedule when unplanned discrepancies, or NCRs are discovered, coordinating with Engineering and Maintenance to determine root-cause investigation and corrective action timelines determining their impact on aircraft availability
• Leads schedule recovery planning after unplanned downtime, working to identify the more efficient compliant path back to test readiness
• Identifies and frames key decision points in the aircraft schedule where competing demands require an explicit trade-off , bring ing clear options to the Program Office and Flight Test Operations
• Recommends when a decision should be escalated versus resolved at the working level, based on the magnitude of the trade-off and its potential impact to program objectives
• Works directly with Shipping & Logistics and Aftermarket Support…