Senior AI Engineer

Join Joby’s manufacturing engineering team to deliver production-grade AI, computer vision, and automation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prototype, and deploy AI/ML and computer vision solutions that improve manufacturing workflows (visual inspection, anomaly detection, traceability)
• Build reliable AI-enabled services, APIs, and data pipelines integrating internal systems, manufacturing equipment, and operational data
• Develop safeguards for real-factory operation: measure model quality before and after deployment and prevent incorrect predictions from silently impacting manufacturing decisions
• Own end-to-end delivery from requirements discovery through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and establish patterns and tooling so the team can build and operate AI-enabled features

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems
• Strong Python skills and experience with AI/ML, computer vision, or data-intensive systems
• Experience designing APIs, services, integrations, and maintainable system architectures
• Experience taking prototypes to reliable production systems with debugging, testing, and observability practices
• Clear communication and collaboration experience across disciplines (hardware, operations, manufacturing, or quality) to deliver outcomes

Technologies

• Python

Preferred

• Computer vision experience in object detection, segmentation, or image-processing pipelines, ideally in manufacturing, robotics, or other hardware-adjacent environments
• Experience operating GPU compute for AI workloads (model serving, inference optimization, or on-prem/hybrid infrastructure)
• Familiarity with modern ML and LLM tooling: evaluation frameworks, labeling workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, or agentic workflow automation
• Experience building internal tools or enterprise applications integrating manufacturing data systems and real-time operational processes

Compensation

• Compensation consists of base pay plus Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Target base pay: USD 137,200 - 206,600 per year
• Final compensation determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
• Healthcare benefits
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance

Location: San Carlos, CA (onsite)

Equal Opportunity Employer: Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.