Aerospace Flight Test Systems TPM

Joby Aviation; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Joby Aviation is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) Technical Program Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive instrumentation and flight test systems for experimental and certification campaigns. This role bridges hardware, software, and flight test operations to ensure on-time delivery and airworthiness compliance.

You will own master schedules, align across design and test teams, manage procurement and installation, and oversee calibration, data quality, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 3+ years in an engineering environment with responsibility for integrated engineering solutions.
• Familiarity with flight test instrumentation systems, including data acquisition, sensors, signal conditioning, and telemetry.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a safety-critical environment.
• Experience using project management tools such as Smartsheet, Confluence, and/or JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain master FTI and Ground Control Station program schedules, tracking design development, hardware procurement, installation, ground verification and calibration milestones across multiple test campaigns.
• Coordinate across design, flight test, data analysts, and certification engineers to ensure systems meet program, regulatory, and safety requirements.
• Coordinate across instrumentation, supply chain, manufacturing, and flight test ops to ensure on-time delivery.
• Support qualification and acceptance testing of new instrumentation systems and sensors prior to flight operations.
• Ensure traceability of instrumentation calibration records and data quality assurance.
• Facilitate incident and anomaly response related to instrumentation failures, coordinating with engineering for root cause and corrective action.
• Develop and maintain status reports and escalate blockers, driving solutions to maintain momentum through design, build, and test phases.
• Manage the FTI & Ground Control Station budget, forecasting and expenditure tracking, vendor identification and purchasing.

Skills

Engineering coordination

Flight test instrumentation

Documentation & communication

Multi-project management

PM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical or Systems Engineering

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Smartsheet

Job description

Joby Aviation is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) Technical Program Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive instrumentation and flight test systems for experimental and certification campaigns. This role bridges hardware, software, and flight test operations to ensure on-time delivery and airworthiness compliance.

You will own master schedules, align across design and test teams, manage procurement and installation, and oversee calibration, data quality, and incident response.