Tool Design Engineer

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.

Job Overview

We are searching for a tool design engineer with experience designing tools and equipment for large carbon fiber parts and assemblies for aircraft production. This person should be well versed in all aspects of the tool design process from concept sketches to implementing tools on the production floor. This is a hybrid job based out in our Heredia, Costa Rica office.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve manufacturing aids and equipment such as jigs, fixtures and molds.
• Optimize customer design standards for performance, consistency, and scalability
• Execute high-precision layouts utilizing GD&T to eliminate ambiguity in fabrication.
• Coordinate and support tooling activities across a wide range of departments including airframe design, structural analysis, planning, vendors & suppliers, manufacturing, production, quality assurance, testing and tool fabrication.
• Apply Project Management Methodologies in the assigned projects.

Required

• 5+ years of related experience as a tool design engineer or mechanical design engineer in aerospace or highly regulated industry. 
• Experience working with 3D CAD Software (CATIA, NX, Solidworks, or similar) 
• Experience in Mechanical design and prototype manufacturing in a professional environment. 
• Project Management Experience.  
• Ability to handle multiple projects and customers. 
• English: C1 

Desired

• Familiar with GD&T and common drafting practices in compliance with ASME Y14.5 & Y14.100 
• FEA Experience. 
• Product Design certifications or similar. 
• Tool Design Experience. 
• Inspection Fixture Design experience. 
• Data Science certifications or relevant experience. 
• English: C2

Your Reward for Greatness

• Stay fresh with our Flexible Schedule
• Stay at home with our Telecommuting Options
• Lunch is on us when you are at the office
• Step up your English with paid classes!
• Get Training/Tuition subsidies for online learning
• Stay connected with our Internet Subsidy
• The Gym Subsidy should keep you fit and relaxed!
• Get there on time and effortlessly with the Transportation Subsidy
• Go places with our Travel Opportunities across the US!!
• Stay healthy with our Medical Health Plan
• Spend more time with your loved ones with our Additional Personal Time Off (increased by seniority)