# Systems Engineering Lead

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. 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. Overview Joby Aviation is looking for a passionate engineering leader to join our growing team. This is a functional leadership position that provides the engineer a chance to interact with many of the key teams within the company. The Systems Engineering Lead will provide technical guidance and coordination across all of systems engineering and functional engineering groups at Joby. This role will be heavily involved in the specification and management of functional, performance, safety, hardware, and software requirements at the aircraft, system, and sub-system levels. This role will lead the development and certification of systems and sub-systems and ensure succe

- **Id**: 863981
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/joby-aviation-systems-engineering-lead>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Cruz, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-13T12:06:14Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T09:13:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 59
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7097
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Engineering, Military, Transportation & Logistics, Military Logistics

## Company

- **Id**: 176372
- **Name**: Joby Aviation
- **Domain**: jobyaviation.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/joby-aviation>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 233600
- **Max**: 300000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 300000

## Technologies

- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **Google Docs** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 59

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-13T12:06:14Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 17
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.612
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 58
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 300000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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