Senior Aircraft Dynamics & Sim Software Engineer
Joby Aviation2 years ago
Santa Cruz, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$121k - $206k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement multi-fidelity flight-dynamics models for novel aircraft using modern C++ and Python.
- Develop modular simulation physics components for aerodynamics, actuators, sensors, and environmental effects.
- Contribute to offline and real-time simulation frameworks used for control development, regression testing, and pilot-in-the-loop evaluation.
- Apply numerical methods to estimation, simulation, and control problems supporting aircraft research.
- Collaborate with flight-control engineers, simulation developers, and airframe designers to align software architecture with aircraft requirements.
- Evaluate flight-test data to perform system identification and validate models.
Requirements
- Advanced degree (PhD, MS, or MEng) in a related discipline or 2+ years of industry experience.
- Fundamental and expert-level understanding of modeling techniques including vortex lattice, nonlinear lifting line, blade element momentum, and CFD.
- Expertise selecting aerodynamic modeling techniques based on application requirements.
- Familiarity and proficiency with Python.
- Proficiency with professional software practices.
- Must qualify as a US Person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 to meet US export-control compliance requirements.
- Desired experience includes multi-body dynamics simulation, C++ proficiency, Fortran proficiency, and Git/GitHub experience.
Benefits
- Target base pay of $121,000-$206,000 per year plus Restricted Stock Units.
- Paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, and an employee stock purchase plan.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and additional benefits.