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Flight Research DevOps Engineer

Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation

Software Engineering
United States
USD 121k-205k / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
Joby Flight Research designs, develops, and flight-tests novel aircraft using a software-first autonomy approach. We build and deploy autonomy, perception, planning, and radar systems across conventional, electric, and hydrogen-electric aircraft in both CTOL and VTOL configurations.

Overview

The Flight Research group at Joby works on advanced research projects: designing, building, and flying entirely new aircraft with novel airframe configurations, propulsion systems, and missions. To further enhance our capabilities, we require a versatile individual who can contribute in multiple areas. As a small, agile, and cohesive team, we value candidates who exhibit initiative, adaptability, and the capacity to handle a broad range of tasks to sustain the program's momentum.

Responsibilities

  • Manage CI/CD infrastructure.
  • Maintain and improve cloud infrastructure for large multi-vehicle parallel simulations.
  • Manage separation of export controlled software from monorepo.
  • Maintain security best practices in DevOps processes and tools.
  • Help evaluating new technologies to promote our core tooling.
  • Promote best practices and collaborate with developer teams to establish best practices for how to use our cloud services.

Required

  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Proficiency in C++, Python, and Git.
  • Experience managing CI/CD infrastructure.
  • Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with one of the “Big Three” cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi).
  • This position must meet US export control compliance requirements, therefore a candidate must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R.
  • 120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

Desired

  • Aerospace related work experience.
  • High proficiency with Bazel
  • Expertise in AWS.

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $121,000 - $205,000/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 opportunity employer.