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We build and deploy autonomy, perception, planning, and radar systems across conventional, electric, and hydrogen-electric aircraft in both CTOL and VTOL configurations.\nOverview\nJoby Advanced Development is seeking an Autonomy Senior Machine Learning Engineer, to design and build the state-of-the-art perception and reasoning algorithms for our Superpilot™ autonomy stack. This position offers a unique opportunity to enable our aircraft to safely and autonomously navigate their complex environment. In this role, you will design and develop solutions for aircraft autonomy involving perception, navigation, and other applications. You will work closely with other software engineers and AI experts in computer vision, robotics, navigation, and controls. The role requires deep expertise with machine learning algorithms, hands-on software engineering, and autonomous systems industry experience.\nYou will train perception models and develop robust perception software for autonomous flight. Further, you will also apply a data-centric approach to creating AI solutions for simulation, mapping, and advanced sensing with cameras, lidars, and radar. Your work will help teams deploy state-of-the-art AI algorithms and systems for autonomous flight on multiple types of aircraft.\nWe are a small, high-impact team that values curiosity, technical initiative, and the ability to operate independently. You will collaborate deeply with sensing, controls, and flight software engineers to build a foundation that accelerates our path to safe, autonomous flight. The right candidate is a strong autonomy machine learning engineer who cares deeply about system design, software engineering, and enabling fast, safe iteration across multiple aircraft programs.\nResponsibilities\nAutonomy ML DevelopmentDesign, train, and maintain state-of-the-art ML models for perception on autonomous aircraft\nCombine deep learning and 3D computer vision techniques for sensor fusion, navigation, and detect-and-avoid\nBuild high-performance model training pipelines and extensive evaluation systems to ensure reliability and quality\n\n Autonomy Technical SolutionsOptimize and tune real-time AI perception algorithms for autonomous aircraft\nContribute to software development for data management, annotation, and curation\nContribute to autonomy modeling, simulation, and analysis software tooling\n\nCollaborate closely with the rest of the Superpilot™ team to ideate, plan and execute on high-quality, well-integrated solutions and features\nMonitor system health and performance, proactively addressing issues and providing user support\nRequired\nDegree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field\n\n8+ years of experience in machine learning\n\nExperience in developing software and systems for autonomous vehicles\n\nStrong proficiency in python\n\nExtensive practical knowledge of state-of-art models for real-time perception\n\nDeep understanding of 3D computer vision and machine learning for video\n\nAbility to invent and quickly prototype technical solutions in autonomy\n\nProven ability to document complex technical designs, architectural trade-offs, and implementation roadmaps\n\nChampion of software best practices, including rigorous code reviews and mentorship\n\nExcellent communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams\n\nDesired\nExpert-level software engineering: deep expertise in architecting and writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code\nProfessional software development experience with multi-disciplinary teams in aerospace autonomy\nExperience in autonomous vehicle software development\nExperience deploying ML models in a production environment using modern MLOps principles and tools (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow)\nExperience in processing aircraft sensors data such as GPS, inertial, ADS-B, air data, radio data\nExperience in ROS2 or related middleware and DDS systems\nCompetence in C++\nCompensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). 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