Joby Aviation · 8 hours ago
Test Engineer - System Electronics
San Carlos, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$98K/yr - $167K/yr
5+ years expJoby Aviation is a company focused on developing electric air taxis, and they are seeking a highly organized and passionate Test Engineer to join their testing team. The role involves developing and executing test plans for airborne system electronics, analyzing test data, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure compliance with FAA certification requirements.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop formal test plans, test procedures, instrumentation plans, test stand/fixture designs, data acquisition architectures, and any other necessary tools to allow for thorough and repeatable testing of airborne system electronics
Test preparation includes:
Test engineering includes identifying test objectives, instrumentation needs, devising test matrices, and defining detailed test procedures
Test article: procure appropriate and configuration-controlled test articles to meet the needs of the test. Prepare test articles as needed with instrumentation for a given test
Test Equipment: Work closely with Test Equipment Design Engineers to have custom test rigs built, assembled, operated, and maintained. Often the key part is defining requirements and expectations of the test stand to Test Equipment Design Engineers
Test execution includes:
Perform safe and accurate tests following Test engineering package to produce data that meet the needs of the program
Review and analyze data collected during the aforementioned tests to generate reports that will provide quantifiable feedback to the engineering teams that will allow them to optimize their designs
Collaborate with appropriate Joby teams to align on consistency of test results
Perform post-test failure inspection if applicable to diagnose any experienced failures by identifying the root cause of the issue, documenting findings, and providing feedback to appropriate stakeholders for design improvement
Manage the project status and timelines
Collaborate with Team Lead and Project Manager to ensure proper resource allocation exists to de-risk the critical paths
Work closely with the Test Team’s Program Manager to plan assigned work, report progress, and ensure tests are properly documented and closed out
Work closely with Design Engineers, System Engineers, Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs), and Certification Engineers to verify that assigned Airborne Electronic Hardware meets or exceeds design requirements and provides necessary testing related information and documentation to meet FAA certification requirements
Contribute to the technical writing of Qualification Test Plans and Procedures (QTP) during submission of QTPs for FAA approval
Execute tasks (e.g., dry runs as needed) to perfect test procedures, ahead of QTP submission
Execute witnessed tests for certification credit after FAA approval of the QTP
Qualification
Required
B.S. in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline with 5+ years of work experience in the relevant industry performing Test Engineering activities (or) M.S. with 3+ years of experience
Experience in modifying hardware of test stands and associated test software to exercise primary and secondary functions of airborne system electronics under test
Experience with mechanical or electromagnetic effects (EME) environmental tests. Most Candidates will not have experience with all environmental tests and will have specialization within a category
Examples of Mechanical Tests are Altitude, Thermal Cycling, Vibration, Operational Shock, Humidity, Salt Spray, Waterproofness, Fluid Susceptibility, Sand and Dust
Examples of EME Tests are Lightning Induced Transients, High-Intensity Radiated Fields, Voltage Spikes, Power Input, Magnetic Effects, Audio Frequency Conducted Susceptibility, Emission of Radio Frequency Energy, Electrostatic Discharge, and Induced Signal Susceptibility
Experience with instrumentation and test equipment that is often used with the above-mentioned tests (thermal chambers, reverb chambers, data acquisition units, multimeters, accelerometers, thermistors, current probes, oscilloscopes, etc.)
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Strong analytical background
Hands-on attitude with experience in mechanical assembly, electrical wiring, and electrical setup troubleshooting
High attention to detail
Preferred
Experience testing airborne electronic hardware to DO-160, MIL-810 type (or similar standards) environmental tests. Prior DO-160 training is a plus
Experience with root cause analysis (nondestructive) of electronics failure
Experience with MATLAB/Python for post-processing of data from equipment under test and external instrumentation
Experience with LabView for Data Acquisition and test automation (invoking desired equipment functions in different conditions)
Experience with Grafana for data visualization
Experience with ethernet networking for test equipment and managed ethernet switches
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.
1001-5000 employees
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