Automation Engineering Lead

Job description

Company Overview Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service. Overview: Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate Automation Engineering Lead to join our powertrain and electronics team to step-change the safety, quality, quantity, and cost of our manufacturing production lines through automation. The role spans atoms and bits, setting the go-forward strategy and standards for physical and digital connected machines. The role leads teams of controls engineers, mechanical engineers, and high-skill build technicians. The ideal candidate knows automation engineering is a partner to manufacturing engineers, production s...