Located in the redwoods near Santa Cruz, California, the Joby Aviation team has been steadily working toward our goal of providing safe, short-hop, fully electric air transportation that is accessible to everyone. Imagine an air taxi that takes off vertically, then quietly and quickly carries you over the congestion below, giving you back that time you’d otherwise spend sitting in traffic. Technology has advanced to the point where designing and operating an all-electric aircraft is completely viable. Our team has been discreetly designing and flight testing this vehicle and is looking for talented engineers to see it through certification and high rate production.
Joby Aviation is seeking a passionate internal loads engineer to manage the aircraft global Finite Element Model. This role is an exciting position within the analysis team, as it gives the engineer an overview of the entire airplane primary structure. Applicant is expected to have experience building internal loads models and communicating component loads to stress engineers. Modal analysis experience is a must.
Responsibilities:
- Construct and maintain stiffness accurate FE models of the aircraft primary structure
- Identify load path issues and suggest layout improvements
- Interface with external loads and stress teams to feed component loads to analysts in charge of various systems
- Develop and maintain scripting methods to pull loads from the database and turn them into loads cards for FEM input files
- Perform aircraft level modal and simple dynamic analysis
- Interface with flutter team to construct beam model representations of various aircraft primary structure components
- Collaboration with test teams to design, execute and correlate mechanical tests
Required:
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or another relevant discipline
- 3+ years of working experience in relevant industry
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Advanced proficiency in Finite Element Analysis, including static (linear and nonlinear) and modal analysis
- Experience working with loads Finite Element Models and extracting component loads
- Basic knowledge of FAR23 and/or 27 loads requirements
- Good knowledge of at least one scripting tool (preferably Matlab)
- Proficiency in CAD
Desired:
- M.S./Ph.D. in relevant discipline
- 5+ years of working experience in relevant industry
- Expert knowledge of Abaqus/CAE, especially submodelling capabilities
- Hands on experience working within aircraft certification program as an internal loads analyst
- Expert knowledge of FAR23/27
Please include a cover letter with your application.