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Senior Design Engineer, Structures Mechanisms

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Santa Cruz, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/28/2025

Senior Design Engineer, Structures Mechanisms

Job Locations : US-CA-Santa Cruz

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ID : 2024-3442

Category : Airframe & Actuators

Type : Regular Full-Time

Joby Overview

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.

Overview

Joby Aviation is seeking a passionate individual with composite and metallics experience to join our actuation and mechanisms engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for the development & detailed design of structural elements within the actuation / mechanism system. As an experienced engineer, you will also be responsible for providing guidance, technical knowledge and strategic insight to fellow team members.

Being a part of the airframe structures team, you will be deeply involved in everything from preliminary concept work to actual production. For this role, you will have a strong understanding of CAD design and are capable of creating detailed models. Further, you will work closely with many disciplines, including our structural analysis, manufacturing and integration teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design lightweight structural aircraft components such as tilt pylons, mechanism linkages and adjacent structures
  • Perform initial layout and sizing
  • Conception, analysis, and selection of appropriate structural models
  • Detail design and fabrication instruction writing
  • Direct communication with vendors and technicians in manufacturing
  • Provide guidance to a team of junior engineers
  • Consult frequently with Team Leads
  • Comprehensive work concept / design / manufacturing

Required

  • B.S. in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a relevant discipline
  • Experience with composite and metallic component / structural design and analysis
  • Excellent problem solving and communication skills
  • Proficiency in composite structures design
  • Experience in composites manufacturing
  • Proficiency in CAD
  • Desired

  • M.S. / Ph.D. in relevant discipline
  • 8 years of working experience in relevant industry
  • Experience with Dassault Systemes CAD
  • Experience with designing certified aircraft structures
  • Experience with finite element tools (Abaqus)
  • Experience in damage tolerant design and analysis
  • Aircraft homebuilding or rapid prototyping experience is a plus
  • Salary

    Min : USD $140,519.00 / Yr.

    Max : USD $187,358.00 / Yr.

    Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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