Autonomy UI Engineer

Location: Santa Cruz, CA, US, Concord, CA, US

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Company Overview

Joby Advanced Development designs, develops, and flight-tests novel aircraft using a software-first autonomy approach. We build and deploy autonomy, perception, planning, and radar systems across conventional, electric, and hydrogen-electric aircraft in both CTOL and VTOL configurations.

Overview

Future aircraft demand future software controls. Joby Autonomy seeks a Senior Software Engineer to develop mission-critical UI for our aircraft remote operations platform. Above and beyond conventional front-ends, our instruments give ground control operators real-time situational awareness and flight control of experimental vehicles. In this role you will design, implement, field test, safeguard and ruggedize those instruments to perform under real-world conditions.

Don't just have a safe flight; build the front-end with us that ensures it.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain real-time, highly performant UI instruments for monitoring and controlling experimental aircraft systems from ground control stations
• Collaborate with flight test engineers, systems engineers, and remote operators to translate complex operational requirements into intuitive, reliable workflows
• Establish and champion best practices in front-end architecture, state management, UI component reusability, and front-end performance across the team
• Utilize advanced engineering workflows—including AI code assistance—while exercising thorough oversight, code review, and technical diligence to maintain high software quality
• Partner across multidisciplinary teams to explore end-to-end system integrations, building a deep shared understanding of ground station and aircraft interactions
• Lead technical design initiatives and contribute directly to product direction from a grounded, operator-focused perspective

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience with 5+ years of professional software development experience (or Master's degree with 3+ years of experience) delivering production-grade web applications
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, React (hooks, state management, component architecture), HTML5, and CSS
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clear technical goals and constraints when using modern developer tools, backed by strict due diligence to audit and verify coding assistant output
• Solid understanding of software architecture, modular UI design, and front-end testing practices
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills in fast-paced research or hardware-in-the-loop environments

 

This position must meet US export control compliance requirements, therefore a candidate must qualify as a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15. “US Person” includes US Citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees.

Desired

• Aerospace or flight-test operational experience
• Familiarity with the Bazel build system
• Strong technical curiosity driving deep comprehension of full end-to-end software architectures
• Experience building telemetry visualization, dynamic mapping, or data-dense command-and-control dashboards
• Experience with low-level graphics APIs, real-time streaming data protocols, and desktop integration frameworks

 

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $135,900 - $207,100/yr. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

 

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

Additional Information

Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.