Sr Development Assurance Engineer; career pathing to Designated Engineering Representative; DER

Joby Overview

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.

Modern aircraft development requires demonstrated compliance with a variety of FAA rules, guidance documents, and industry standards. The Development Assurance Group is critical to ensuring Joby’s compliance to ARP
4754A for systems development, DO-178C for software development, and DO-254 for electronics development. In addition, this group is heavily involved with Joby’s cybersecurity efforts and is paving a path toward future certification of autonomous vehicles. The skilled engineers within this group have established detailed company plans, standards, policies, and procedures for meeting the various development assurance guidelines and now serve in both a mentoring and oversight capacity for Joby in addition to coordinating with the FAA.

Joby is looking for a senior engineer with a strong demonstrated history in supporting software compliance to DO-178C and/or compliance for airborne electronic hardware to join the Development Assurance group. The expectation is that this individual will be put forward for a company DER ticket for work on the Joby S4 and subsequent aircraft programs. Individuals who already hold one of the following credentials are strongly encouraged to apply: company or consulting DER credential, ODA Unit Members, and TSO‑specialists.

POSITION MAY INCLUDE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THAT IS SUBJECT TO U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS

Our goal is to find individuals who are open to new challenges and are willing to roll up their sleeves and do what is necessary to help the team certify our aircraft with constant attention to safety and airworthiness compliance. The successful candidate may find themselves briefing the FAA one day, auditing a peer review process the next, and helping author compliance documentation the day after.

• Provides technical advice and counsel to software and systems development teams on compliance issues associated with DO-178C and associated technical supplements
• Ensures that all required plans and standards are followed through ongoing surveillance and, if deemed appropriate, direct involvement in team peer review activities
• Works with the broader Development Assurance team to develop and maintain process documentation associated with software compliance oversight activities including the project’s Plan for Software Aspects of Certification (PSAC), review checklists, audit and test witnessing plans, and others as requested by the DA Lead
• Works closely with the Systems Engineering Leads for the programs Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to resolve requirements and compliance issues that affect software compliance
• Participates in planning, requirements, design, code, and test reviews to both identify technical and process issues in accordance with the project’s development assurance plans
• Maintains accurate compliance records (e.g., checklists, audit records) for assigned projects
• Represents the software engineering team in front of the FAA as needed
• Continuously works to identify process improvements for both reducing defect density in Joby’s products and to improve overall SW activity efficiency
• Liaison with development and verification engineers as required ensuring requirements are clearly communicated and resulting product meets all requirements.
• Ensures all artifacts supporting DO-178C compliance align with approved plans and are completely prepared for submittal to the appropriate regulators
• Ensures all artifacts supporting DO-254 compliance align with approved plans and are completely prepared for submittal to the appropriate regulators
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