Autonomy UI Engineer
Joby Aviation2 years ago
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaSenior
Base Salary
$136k - $207k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain real-time, highly performant UI instruments for monitoring and controlling experimental aircraft systems from ground control stations.
- Collaborate with flight-test engineers, systems engineers, and remote operators to translate operational requirements into intuitive and reliable workflows.
- Establish front-end architecture, state management, reusable UI component, and performance best practices.
- Use modern developer tools and AI code assistance with thorough review, auditing, and verification of generated output.
- Partner with multidisciplinary teams on end-to-end integrations between ground stations and aircraft systems.
- Lead technical design initiatives and contribute to product direction from an operator-focused perspective.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, with 5+ years of professional software development experience delivering production-grade web applications.
- Alternatively, a master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, React including hooks, state management, and component architecture, HTML5, and CSS.
- Understanding of software architecture, modular UI design, and front-end testing practices.
- Ability to communicate technical goals and constraints and rigorously audit coding-assistant output.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills in research or hardware-in-the-loop environments.
- Must qualify as a US Person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 to meet US export-control compliance requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include aerospace or flight-test experience, Bazel familiarity, end-to-end architecture knowledge, telemetry visualization, dynamic mapping, command-and-control dashboards, low-level graphics APIs, real-time streaming data protocols, and desktop integration frameworks.
Benefits
- Target base pay is $135,900–$207,100 per year, supplemented by Restricted Stock Units.
- Benefits include paid time off, healthcare, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, short- and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance.
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About Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation builds piloted, all‑electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for short‑haul air taxi services, developing the vehicles, certification, and operations in-house. The company plans to launch commercial service in the U.S. and Dubai and is scaling manufacturing ahead of entry into service. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, Joby is a public company listed on the NYSE.