Senior Electrical Engineer
Joby Aviation
Other Engineering
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
USD 156,700-202,570 / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 25, 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
Joby is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join our team designing aircraft avionics! This engineer will work closely with software, systems, mechanical and other cross-functional teams. You'll be taking ownership of key electrical subsystems and printed-circuit-boards from design through prototyping and to product. This is a hands-on position. Optimizing designs for reliability, weight, and efficiency will be essential.
Responsibilities
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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Overview
Joby is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join our team designing aircraft avionics! This engineer will work closely with software, systems, mechanical and other cross-functional teams. You'll be taking ownership of key electrical subsystems and printed-circuit-boards from design through prototyping and to product. This is a hands-on position. Optimizing designs for reliability, weight, and efficiency will be essential.
Responsibilities
- In the first few weeks:
- Get to know the team and the aircraft
- Get familiar with the electrical and avionics system architecture
- Help support hardware and software test
- In the First 6 months:
- Design, test and bring-up a well-scoped piece of avionics equipment that will support our aircraft and test assets
- Support writing Software for hardware in the loop testing
- Support Flight Test through seeing an avionics design through to aircraft integration
- Within a year:
- Take ownership of a piece of avionics equipment, driving key component and PCB design choices
- Support electrical system architecture trade studies
- Support flight test activities by helping troubleshoot flight test aircraft
- Support certification activities with electrical loads analysis, electrical power design and requirements generation & validation
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 6+ years of working experience in relevant industry
- Strong understanding of electrical fundamentals and best practices
- Power conversion (linear and switching regulators)
- High-speed digital design and layout
- Signal conditioning and conversion (ADCs, filters)
- Discrete semiconductor design (FETs, BJTs, Diodes)
- Schematic capture and PCB design
- Experience with electrical component selection
- Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
- Great communication skills
- 120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.
- Advanced degree in relevant discipline
- Proficiency with ECAD programs such as Altium Designer, KiCAD and EAGLE
- Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
- Designing for high EMI environments
- Competency with MCAD programs such as CATIA, Autodesk and Solidworks
- Competency in embedded Linux, Python and C++
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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.