Flight Research Navigation Software Engineer
Joby Aviation2 years ago
Santa Cruz, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$98k - $152k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop C++ navigation and state-estimation software for experimental VTOL and CTOL aircraft.
- Design and implement multi-sensor fusion algorithms using inertial, air data, perception, and external sensor inputs.
- Develop navigation infrastructure, including transform trees, calibration pipelines, and state-estimation frameworks.
- Create C++ and Python simulation and analysis tools to evaluate navigation performance and algorithm robustness.
- Integrate perception outputs into flight controls and mission-management systems.
- Formulate and execute tests for navigation accuracy, robustness, and performance, and support aircraft flight testing.
- Collaborate with perception, controls, and autonomy engineers on navigation and estimation architectures.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of Kalman filtering, nonlinear filtering, or factor-graph-based state estimation.
- Experience writing real-time and safety-critical C++ flight software.
- Deep knowledge of multi-sensor fusion systems or state-estimation pipelines.
- Professional experience writing C++ and Python.
- Experience developing simulation or analysis tools for dynamic systems.
- Experience with real-time signal processing.
- Must qualify as a US Person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 to meet US export-control requirements.
Benefits
- Paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and other benefits.
- Base pay plus Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
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.