Flight Automation & GNC Software Integration Engineer

Hardware FYI; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Joby Flight Research in California is seeking a software integration engineer to own bring-up, integration, and checkout of GNC and flight automation software on test aircraft. You will develop flight test cards, triage squawks, and support readiness reviews while contributing to embedded software across hardware boundaries.

The role emphasizes real-time, safety-critical software systems, close collaboration with hardware teams, and scripting for analysis and validation using Python.

Responsibilities

• Own the bring-up, integration, and checkout of GNC and flight automation software on test aircraft
• Develop, review, and execute flight test cards targeting GNC performance characterization, stability margins, guidance accuracy, and autonomy feature validation
• Triage flight test squawks related to GNC and flight software; drive root-cause investigations and coordinate fixes with discipline engineers
• Support flight readiness reviews, test readiness reviews, and configuration management processes
• Develop and maintain test frameworks and processes for software and systems
• Develop automated testing frameworks and simulation tools to validate flight automation behaviors
• Contribute to flight controls and mission management software development (C++) as needed to support the test campaign
• Develop and maintain analysis tools and scripts (Python) for pre-flight prediction, real-time monitoring, and post-flight evaluation
• Contribute to simulation validation by correlating sim predictions with flight data and identifying model improvements
• Develop, debug, integrate, and optimize embedded software across hardware and software boundaries

Job description

Joby Flight Research in California is seeking a software integration engineer to own bring-up, integration, and checkout of GNC and flight automation software on test aircraft. You will develop flight test cards, triage squawks, and support readiness reviews while contributing to embedded software across hardware boundaries.

The role emphasizes real-time, safety-critical software systems, close collaboration with hardware teams, and scripting for analysis and validation using Python.