What are the responsibilities and job description for the Flight Test Aircraft Configuration Engineer position at Joby Aviation?
Job Overview
Located in Northern California, Joby Aviation is dedicated to creating an affordable, all-electric air transportation system. Our team aims to design and develop an air taxi capable of carrying passengers safely and efficiently.
The Role
We are seeking a talented individual to join our flight test team as a Senior Flight Test Aircraft Project Engineer. In this role, you will work closely with the engineering and maintenance teams to ensure that flight test aircraft are configured correctly for testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish the engineering configuration of the aircraft through coordination with flight test planning and the broader engineering organization.
- Communicate the configuration to the maintenance or manufacturing resources responsible for realizing the configuration.
- Maintain mass properties accounting and definition of test-specific configurations to achieve mass properties goals for specific flights.
- Contribute to updates to the maintenance and inspection plan to ensure that engineering lessons learned are captured in new maintenance procedures, inspection items, or service intervals.
