Additive Manufacturing Lead
Joby Aviation
Additive Manufacturing Lead
- ID
- 2025-3743
- Category
- Additive Manufacturing
- Type
- Regular Full-Time
Joby Overview
Overview
Joby Aviation is searching for a self-motivated, highly organized, and responsive proven leader with a track record of success at leading and growing a high-performing engineering Additive Manufacturing team. The leader will manage people, internal customer satisfaction, and department financial goals including establishing budgets, managing capacity planning, and coordinating business development opportunities and strategies. Collaborative communication is paramount with parties within and outside of the company department and has responsibility for communicating with diverse parties external to the organization. Negotiates and influences others to understand and accept new concepts, practices and approaches. Requires the ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization. Must be responsive to incoming requests for information and tasks. This individual will be an analytical and creative thinker, able to see both big picture as well as day-to-day.
Responsibilities
- Meet engineering requirements, executing strategic business goals, and managing engineers and supervisors
- Lead the development of the team through challenging technical aspects of product and technology development, career planning discussions and strategic objective setting
- Drive product strategy, create roadmaps, build efficiencies around engineering and development strategies
- Focus on the structuring and operation of the Additive Manufacturing team as a cohesive unit; the conceptualization and day-to-day management of simultaneous projects; delivering product designs to agreed specifications within time and budget constraints, and the fostering of innovative solutions to cater to internal and external customer needs
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, specifications, and best practices
Required
- BA/BS degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or related field, master’s in engineering preferred
- Technically proficient in additive manufacturing and well-rounded in negotiations, financial planning, and business acumen, as well as verbal, and written communication skills
- Ability to translate a business strategy into specific team objectives, breaking down organizational boundaries through collaboration, building strong relationships based on trust with all levels of employees, and a track record of personal engagement with other members of leadership
- Ability to gain internal consensus; operate independently without supervision or feedback; conceive new and innovative ideas and solutions; predicting potential outcomes, and determine which alternative course of action to follow
- Ability to establish positive, constructive relationships with technical and functional staff, managers, and peers within the Department, and across Joby Aviation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational and time management skills, and attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software
Desired
- PMP, PgMP, CAPM, and/or comparable project management certifications highly desired
- BS or master’s degree in business or business administration
- At least 8-10 years of combined experience of engineering, project management, business management, and business development
- At least 5 years of team leadership experience
- At least 5 years of managing one or more programs providing complete cost, performance, and schedule oversight
Joby Aviation is searching for a self-motivated, highly organized, and responsive proven leader with a track record of success at leading and growing a high-performing engineering Additive Manufacturing team. The leader will manage people, internal customer satisfaction, and department financial goals including establishing budgets, managing capacity planning, and coordinating business development opportunities and strategies. Collaborative communication is paramount with parties within and outside of the company department and has responsibility for communicating with diverse parties external to the organization. Negotiates and influences others to understand and accept new concepts, practices and approaches. Requires the ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization. Must be responsive to incoming requests for information and tasks. This individual will be an analytical and creative thinker, able to see both big picture as well as day-to-day.