Senior AI Engineer

Joby Aviation is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help bring production-grade AI, computer vision, and automation capabilities into manufacturing systems. The role focuses on identifying high-impact opportunities, building AI-enabled services and safeguards, and deploying vision solutions that improve inspection, traceability, process monitoring, and decision support.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prototype, and deploy AI/ML and computer vision solutions that enhance manufacturing workflows, including visual inspection, anomaly detection, and traceability.
• Build dependable AI-enabled services, APIs, and data pipelines that integrate internal systems, manufacturing equipment, and operational data.
• Develop safeguards for real-factory operation, including measuring model quality before and after deployment and preventing incorrect predictions from silently impacting manufacturing decisions.
• Own end-to-end delivery from requirements discovery through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
• Raise the technical bar by leading design discussions, mentoring engineers, and setting patterns and tooling that enable others to build and operate AI-enabled features.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Strong Python skills, with experience building AI/ML, computer vision, or data-intensive systems.
• Experience designing APIs, services, integrations, and maintainable system architectures.
• Proven ability to transition prototypes into reliable production systems, supported by debugging, testing, and observability practices.
• Clear communication and a demonstrated record of collaborating across disciplines such as hardware, operations, manufacturing, or quality.

Technologies

• Python

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, including model serving, inference optimization, or on-prem and hybrid infrastructure.
• Familiarity with modern ML and LLM tooling, including evaluation frameworks, labeling workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, or agentic workflow automation.
• Experience building internal tools or enterprise applications that integrate manufacturing data systems and real-time operational processes.

Compensation

Compensation at Joby combines base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $137,200 - $206,600 per year. The final compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

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

Location and Employment Information

This role is based in San Carlos, CA and is onsite. Joby Aviation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.