About the role
Company Overview
Imagine a piloted air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly carries you and your fellow passengers over the congested city streets below, enabling you to spend more time with the people and places that matter most. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service.
Overview
Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate, and hands-on individual to join our Quality organization. This position features a rigorous 15-month Quality Engineer Development Program designed to build deep, cross-functional technical expertise across aircraft manufacturing, quality systems, and airworthiness.
Through structured, hands-on rotations across five core disciplines, you will gain comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in:
Quality Control (QC)
Quality Assurance (QA)
Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE)
Metrology Engineering
Quality Engineering (QE)
Following completion of the 15-month program, you will transition into a targeted Quality Engineering role overseeing flight, propulsion, and manufacturing systems for our revolutionary electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as we scale toward commercial production.
Responsibilities
Rotational Execution: Successfully execute technical objectives and hands-on learning modules across QC, QA, SQE, Metrology, and QE rotations over the 15-month program.
Core Quality Execution: Support the development, verification, and manufacture of products using Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Continuous Improvement, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques.
Design & Technical Reviews: Perform design reviews evaluating inspectability, consistency, accuracy, and conformance to engineering requirements, providing recommendations to design teams.
Root Cause & Corrective Action: Analyze product/process failures using structured problem-solving…
