Senior Flight Test Aircraft Engineer
Joby Aviation
Senior Flight Test Aircraft Engineer
- ID
- 2025-4083
- Category
- Flight Test
- Type
- Regular Full-Time
Overview
As a Senior Flight Test Aircraft Engineer, you will play a key role in the flight test team working with flight test, engineering, and maintenance teams to ensure flight test aircraft are configured correctly to conduct tests. This position is a fast paced, execution-focused role working across disciplines to resolve engineering issues through daily interaction with program managers, engineering SMEs, manufacturing, flight test, aircraft maintenance, quality, and safety teams.
Responsibilities
- Establish and communicate aircraft engineering configuration, coordinating with flight test planning, engineering, maintenance, and manufacturing teams.
- Manage experimental airworthiness certificates, operating limitations, and related authorizations.
- Maintain mass properties accounting and define test-specific configurations to meet flight requirements.
- Update maintenance and inspection plans to capture engineering lessons learned.
- Support major alterations and develop/approve minor aircraft modifications for flight test.
- Apply advanced engineering knowledge to optimize aircraft availability and support flight test objectives.
- Serve as primary liaison between flight test and engineering for issue resolution, squawk management, and incorporation of design fixes.
- Track and close engineering actions to maintain readiness for flight operations and campaigns.
- Manage aircraft/test restrictions based on open squawks.
- Oversee requests for configuration changes and ensure work instructions are sufficient for maintenance execution.
- Coordinate maintenance planning for modifications, inspections, and replacements.
- Troubleshoot maintenance issues and support post-maintenance checks with engineering/flight test teams.
- Generate and close work orders; maintain accurate aircraft documentation.
- Contribute to spares planning.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- 5+ years' experience in flight test, aircraft development programs, and maintenance operations
- Demonstrated expert level skill in technical communication and inter-personal skills
- Ability to work on afternoon or evening
- Ability to work from multiple sites, some remote
- Demonstrated leadership of complex engineering projects
- Self-directed to solve open-ended technical and scheduling problems
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $135,100 - $180,200/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Additional Information
Joby Aviation is an equal oppurtunity employer.