Joby Aviation · 1 day ago
Power Electronics Engineer
San Carlos, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$124K/yr - $171K/yr
3+ years expJoby Aviation is a company focused on developing electric aircraft for urban air mobility. They are seeking a talented power electronics engineer to design prototype motor-control inverters and DC/DCs, optimizing for reliability, weight, and efficiency.
AerospaceElectric VehicleTransportationAir Transportation
Responsibilities
Create clear and readable schematics for power electronics boards
Create optimized and reliable layout designs
Component selection for minimum mass and maximum reliability
Create optimized and reliable layout designs
Write board bring-up test plans, execute them and collect data for new boards
Collaborate with mechanical engineers to optimize placement of high power modules/components and bus bars
Support manufacturing by troubleshooting critical production issues and designing test procedures
Participate in detailed root cause and failure analysis
Qualification
Required
B.S. in electrical engineering or related discipline
Strong EE fundamentals, including: 3-5 years designing and developing power electronics, in particular, inverters for driving 50kW to 200kW motors
Understanding of motor control theory for surface and interior permanent magnet machines
Schematic capture and PCB design
Experience with component selection
Completed (designed/built/tested) high voltage/high power designs
Great communication skills
Preferred
M.S./Ph.D. in relevant discipline with a focus in power electronics
Experience working in aerospace or automotive industries
Experience working in aerospace with a strong background in DO-160 compliance
Experience writing embedded software in C for control of inverters and/or other power electronics
Familiarity with Altium Designer
Wide bandgap semiconductors
Exposure to regulatory certification
Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
Designing for high EMI environments
Battery systems
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
And more.
Company
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation is an aerospace transportation company developing electric aircrafts.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.2BKey Investors
Toyota MotorGovernor’s Office of Business & Economic DevelopmentBaillie Gifford
2026-01-29Post Ipo Equity· $576M
2026-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2025-10-07Post Ipo Equity· $591M
Leadership Team
Eric Allison
Chief Product Officer
Gregory Bowles
Chief Policy Officer
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