Joby Aviation · 1 day ago
Data Scientist
Joby Aviation is a company focused on developing electric air taxis. They are seeking a Data Scientist to develop analytical tools, report results from tests and flight operations, and improve software architectures for prototype analytics tools while supporting CI/CD principles.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Collaborate with data scientists, other cross-functional teams and subject matter experts on software engineering projects
Conduct data analysis and interpret sensor data from a number of physical processes (aircraft, simulators, reliability test equipment, subsystem tests, etc.)
Understand both data systems and physical systems, and have an eye for anomalies in physical test data
Generate dashboards for data visualization and clearly present results
Develop tools to process and report on data as consistently and easily as possible
Leverage statistics, numerical fitting methods, and visualization tools to draw conclusions
Develop algorithms to predict failures or the occurrence of certain events from the data
Comfortable navigating a quickly changing environment and willing to learn on-the-fly to obtain and define requirements
Stay current with advancements in software and data engineering
Qualification
Required
BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field and 3+ years of relevant work experience
Expert-level software-engineering ability: you are able to distill requirements into simple, testable and maintainable software, provide technical guidance and design solutions for large-scale data science and automation projects
Strong background in data science, data analysis and visualization (algorithms, data structures, and architectures), probability, statistics, and predictive modeling
Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multiple levels of abstraction
Expert object oriented programming skills in Python and data science packages such as Pandas, MATLAB etc…
3 years experience with SQL databases and data modeling
Strong skills developing on Unix-based platforms and using shell commands
Experience with data pipeline architectures, ingestion, ETL, transformations, analytics, API connectors and visualization
Experience with GenAI LLMs and Machine Learning
Very familiar with git source control
Expert use of IDE's for authoring, refactoring and debugging code
Self-starter capable of working with limited supervision and guidance
Experience leading projects from conception to completion
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Experience with distributed systems and big data tools such as Databricks, Apache Spark, etc
Work experience with anomaly/outlier detection in time series data
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, etc.)
Experience with MLOps and building machine learning pipelines for production
Experience with version control and CI/CD platforms, able to manage your software through its entire lifecycle (development, testing, deployment)
Benefits
Paid time off
Healthcare benefits
A 401(k) plan with a company match
An employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
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Company
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation is an aerospace transportation company developing electric aircrafts.
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