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Location

Santa Cruz, CA | United States

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Job description

Located in Northern California, the team at Joby Aviation is driven by our goal of creating an affordable, all-electric air transportation system. 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 onwards toward certifying the Joby aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration, scaling our manufacturing, and preparing to launch commercial service in 2025.

Joby Aviation is seeking an experienced aircraft Seat Design Engineer to join our Airframe team here in Santa Cruz, CA. This is an exciting role involving managing the design, development, certification and testing of our pilot and passenger seats. In this position the individual will have a balanced responsibility of designing components, managing suppliers, system engineering and certification. A strong knowledge of metallics, composites, assembly & integration techniques, GD&T, drafting standards and certification test experience are all highly desirable. This is an exciting position for team players who like to create well balanced products.

• Ensuring seat designs meet all performance and certification requirements
• Collaboration with engineering and certification teams to incorporate best practices
• Supply chain management
• Ability and willingness to work across multi-disciplinary teams ranging from certification system engineering to manufacturing technicians
• Creation of technical drawings and bill of materials
• Support of certification process through documentation and testing

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or another relevant discipline
• 8 years of work experience in a relevant industry or equivalent experience
• Ability to visualize complex 3D systems
• Keen eye for detail and willingness to design to strict aerospace standards
• Ability to select appropriate materials, coatings, and hardware to support design
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Proficiency with CAD

• M.S/Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or another relevant discipline
• 10+ years work experience in relevant industry, aerospace knowledge preferred
• Certification experience to FAR Part 23/25/27/29
• Specific certification experience with aircraft seats
• Experience designing and certifying precision rotating electromechanical systems
• Experience with Dassault Systemes CATIA Part Design and Assembly Design

USD $140,500.00/Yr.
USD $187,400.00/Yr.

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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