Flight Test Instrumentation Lead — Data Systems

XWING; California (MO); On-site; USD 171,200 - 234,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Competitive compensation

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Joby Aviation is seeking a highly motivated Flight Test Instrumentation Systems Lead to head our Flight Test Instrumentation and Ground Control Station teams in US-CA Marina.

You will design, integrate, operate, and maintain instrumentation, telemetry, and ground stations across the flight test fleet, mentoring engineers and coordinating with programs to ensure calibration, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in flight test instrumentation or data acquisition.
• Proven experience leading and developing technical teams in flight test environments.
• Deep expertise in flight test instrumentation design, data acquisition, telemetry, and sensor integration.
• Strong understanding of flight test processes, aircraft integration, configuration management, and data traceability.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, changing flight test environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow the FTI, telemetry, and Ground Control Stations team.
• Set priorities, workflows, staffing plans aligned with flight test program needs.
• Foster safety, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Own architecture, design, integration, and maintenance of FTI systems.
• Oversee data acquisition, sensors, telemetry, and onboard recording systems.
• Ensure instrumentation readiness, calibration, and reliability for flight tests.
• Plan and manage FTI schedules, budgets, and resource allocation across campaigns.
• Drive coordination across flight test engineering, aircraft integration, maintenance, systems engineering and the program office.
• Develop and maintain processes for design, installation, configuration control, calibration, and maintenance of FTI systems.
• Ensure traceability and compliance with FAA/EASA standards.
• Guide the design of development of hardware and software solutions supporting flight test instrumentation and telemetry.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies and tools to improve data quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Provide technical oversight for troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and root cause investigations.

Skills

Flight test instrumentation

Leadership of technical teams

Data acquisition

Telemetry systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

Job description

Joby Aviation is seeking a highly motivated Flight Test Instrumentation Systems Lead to head our Flight Test Instrumentation and Ground Control Station teams in US-CA Marina.

You will design, integrate, operate, and maintain instrumentation, telemetry, and ground stations across the flight test fleet, mentoring engineers and coordinating with programs to ensure calibration, safety, and regulatory compliance.