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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\nThis engineer will play a key role in a small, fast-moving team and participate in architecture, design, and implementation of motor control systems within our electric-powered, fly-by-wire aircraft. This engineer will work closely with the hardware, mechanical, integration, and flight-testing teams to design, develop, test and improve system-level behaviors.\nResponsibilities\nSensored and sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motors\nAdvanced inverter pulse-width modulation, position and velocity estimation, current control and efficiency optimization\nDevelop fault detection, isolation, and reconfiguration logic for safety critical systems\nClosed loop position control of simplex and duplex redundant servo actuation systems with redundant position sensors and multi-phase motors controlled from separate inverters\nOptimization of motor controls using MATLAB Simulink \nDevelop wrappers and interfaces for the MATLAB Simulink code in C/C++\nEnsure inverter and motor systems meet performance requirements via controls algorithm development, implementation, Simulink simulation and hardware testing\nOversee dynamometer testing and interpretation of data for controls development, validation and improvement\nTuning and calibration of complete systems on dynamometers, on test stands, and on the aircraft\nUnit-tests for build environment, sub-system validation testing, integration testing, flight testing, processor/hardware in the loop testing\nDecompose system level requirements to software requirements \nDevelop system level actuator models and integrate with inverters and servo controls for wholistic system level understanding of performance \nRequired\nB.S degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field and 10+ years of related technical experience (including mechanical, electrical, computer and robotics / mechatronics engineering)\nExperience with actuation systems and/or servo control on safety critical applications\nExperience developing embedded applications in C/C++, MATLAB Simulink model-based design for controls development\nExperience with basic electronics debugging tools: oscilloscope, logic analyzer, power analyzer\nBasic understanding of version control technologies\nExperience with processor/hardware in the loop (PIL/HIL) verification/debugging\nExperience creating mathematical models of servo systems for system identification, analyses and simulations\nKnowledge of electro-mechanical systems focusing on interactions between electrical and mechanical components in servo systems\nAbility to be onsite regularly in San Carlos, CA\nDesired\nAdvanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field\nTechnical experience with aerospace actuation and controls system development\nKnowledge of control system design and principles of feedback control including PID control and advanced control techniques and their applications in the servo systems\nKnowledge of real time bare-metal firmware development\nExperience with hard, real-time interrupt-driven software development\nAdditional Information\nCompensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). 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