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Are you a DC-DC expert? Do you dream about ways to add 1% more efficiency, saving a square millimeter of board space, or shedding a gram from your power-supply projects? 

Joby Aviation is seeking a DC-DC expert and talented electrical engineer to join our team designing all-electric aircraft. You will work closely with other electrical and mechanical engineers to own architecture, design, and testing of low-wattage power-conversion across a wide range of projects. This is a hands-on position. Optimizing designs for reliability, size, weight, and efficiency will be a focus.

• Choose topologies and requirements for a wide range of DC-DC power supplies
• Component selection for minimum mass and maximum reliability
• Investigate modern technologies for power conversion and management
• Work with PCB designers to create reliable and low-mass layouts
• Write requirements, participate in DFMEAs + create and carry out test and validation plans

• Detailed knowledge of a multiple power supply topologies, including isolated and non-isolated architectures
• Strong EE fundamentals, including familiarity with:
  • Signal conditioning and conversion (ADCs, filters, op-amps)
  • Discrete semiconductor design (FETs, BJTs, Diodes)
  • Signal isolation techniques
• Schematic capture and PCB design
• Experience with component selection
• Hands-on experience with building and debugging hardware
• Great communication skills
• B.S. in electrical engineering or related discipline

• M.S./Ph.D. in relevant discipline 
• 2+ years of working experience in relevant industry 
• Familiarity with Altium Designer
• Practice working with shared, version-controlled schematics
• Experience with custom magnetics
• Exposure to regulatory certification
• Design-for-reliability, including use of DFMEA and fault trees
• Designing for high EMI environments