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At Joby, we've been working to make that dream a reality since 2009 and we're now in the final stages of certifying our aircraft with the FAA. With plans to launch our aircraft in the US and Dubai, we're now scaling manufacturing and preparing for the launch of our commercial service.\nOverview\nThe Certification Project Engineer, International will be a key position supporting validation and certification projects with International Civil Aviation Authorities. This position will focus on both strategic and tactical aspects of international projects and will be responsible for driving project execution through close coordination with the rest of the Airworthiness Engineering Team and other stakeholder departments. While the candidate will start as an individual contributor, coordinating across functional adjacencies, this position may grow to include direct reports, depending on the size and scope of the international projects. This role will be based in Tokyo, Japan.\nResponsibilities\nThe Certification Project Engineer, International will focus their time primarily on aircraft certification and airworthiness responsibilities and secondarily on supporting certification related activities for flight operations, pilots, mechanics, and safety management.\nDriving the planning and execution of international certification or validation projects\nServing as one of the key stakeholders for technical aspects of international certification and validation projects to which they are assigned, including leading strategic project scoping and planning initiatives\nRepresenting Joby and coordinating with International Civil Aviation Authorities, including leading key project meetings such as familiarization meetings, technical interface meetings, status reviews, road map planning, and project management reviews\nWorking closely with DERs and engineering leads to develop applicant positions and compliance 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projects\nWorking closely with other company departments, such as Product, Business Development, Flight Operations, Training, Maintenance, and Safety to ensure international certification or validation is harmonized with commercialization planning\nPerforming project planning and management activities, such as developing work breakdown structures, project schedules, integrating with other department schedules, resource planning, and budgeting\nReporting, tracking, and driving mitigation plans for project risks and issues, ensuring effective and timely communication to leadership\nRequired\nBachelor of Science in Engineering or related technical discipline; Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering preferred\nPrevious Type Certification or Validation project experience, Part 23 or 27 experience preferred\nPrevious project management or project engineering experience\nDirect experience working with Civil Aviation Authorities\nExperience developing applicant positions on 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