Staff Mechanical Engineer - Charging Systems

Joby Ground Support Equipment Team Mechanical 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 Ground Support Equipment team designs and builds the charging and thermal conditioning infrastructure that keeps Joby's eVTOL fleet flying. We develop everything from stationary high-power dispensers and charge handles to mobile all-in-one charging systems — hardware that must work reliably in airports, vertiports, and remote sites around the world. We're a small, high-ownership team: everyone here owns hardware from napkin sketch through field commissioning.

We're looking for a Staff Mechanical Engineer who can lead the development of complex GSE systems end-to-end and raise the technical bar across the team. You'll work across power delivery, fluid handling, thermal management, and structural packaging — and you'll be the primary mechanical engineering interface for our electrical, controls, and systems teams, external vendors, and field operations. This is not a position for someone who hands off to others at the hard parts.

Own the mechanical architecture of charging and thermal conditioning systems — from requirements definition and system sizing through detailed design, build, and validation

Design fluid handling systems including coolant loops, pressurized reservoirs, and dispenser assemblies; specify components, author P&IDs, and manage thermal and hydraulic performance

Package high-power electronics and control circuitry into field-deployable enclosures in tight collaboration with electrical, firmware, and compliance engineers and contract manufacturers

Produce complete engineering documentation: manufacturing drawings, BOMs, assembly instructions, P&IDs — in CATIA (3

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Own prototype procurement — source hardware, select vendors, and coordinate fabrication with machine shops and contract manufacturers through the prototype phase; partner with Supply Chain for production-scale builds

Lead design validation and testing programs; support the compliance team in providing mechanically sound, well-documented hardware for NRTL certification

Support GSE deployments in the field, globally — including installation, commissioning, and issue resolution at operating sites

Mentor senior engineers, provide architectural guidance, and help establish design standards and validation frameworks for the team

B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline

8+ years of relevant engineering experience, with clear evidence of owning complex hardware programs

Demonstrated experience designing and building fluid handling systems — coolant loops, pneumatic circuits, pressurized assemblies, or similar

Experience designing power electronics enclosures and electromechanical assemblies for low-to-medium volume production

Proficiency in a professional CAD package; CATIA (3

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Able to produce complete, manufacturing-ready documentation: drawings, BOMs, P&IDs, assembly instructions

Hands-on — comfortable in a shop, able to debug hardware in person, and willing to do it

Strong cross-functional communication skills; able to drive alignment across mechanical, electrical, controls, compliance, supply chain, and operations teams

Willingness to travel internationally up to 15–20% of the time for deployments and site support

Experience with DC fast charging infrastructure or high-power electrical systems (100+ kW)

Familiarity with requirements and design constraints imposed by NRTL certification processes (TUV Rheinland, UL) — you don't need to own the certification path, but you should know how to design for it

Background in refrigeration or active thermal management…