Lead Embedded SW Engineer, Hardware Emulation
Joby Aviation2 years ago
Santa Cruz, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$140k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Direct and contribute to a small team developing hardware emulators for aircraft flight electronics.
- Develop embedded systems that emulate sensors, actuators, and other aircraft peripheral devices.
- Build functional testing and fault injection capabilities for flight electronics.
- Create modular, maintainable, and well-documented software architectures.
- Translate complex system requirements into emulation software requirements.
- Analyze code in complex systems and distill relevant information effectively.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Flight Physics, Simulation, FPGA Development, Electrical Engineering, Automation, Flight Software, Software Verification, and Certification teams.
- Use schematics, datasheets, and hardware design documents to develop software.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, mechatronics, or a similar field, with 7+ years of industry experience; an advanced degree with 5+ years of industry experience will also be considered.
- At least 2 years of experience leading an embedded engineering development team.
- Expert knowledge of C++.
- Expert knowledge of object-oriented programming and multi-layered system architectures.
- Experience with communication protocols including I2C, CAN, SPI, and UART.
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, voltmeters, and similar test and measurement equipment.
- Ability to develop software from board schematics, datasheets, and hardware design documents.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Basic familiarity with Python.
- Experience with safety-critical embedded systems is preferred.
- Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and hardware-in-the-loop testing is preferred.
- Experience with DO-178C or a similar assured software development process is preferred.
Benefits
- Target base pay is $139,500 - $224,400 per year.
- Restricted Stock Units are included in the compensation package.
- Comprehensive benefits include paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance.
- Position is based in Santa Cruz, California.
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.