Flight Research Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Salary

$202K-$245K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

92% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

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Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Flight Research Senior Machine Learning Engineer Santa Cruz, CA, US Company Overview Joby Flight Research 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 Joby Flight Research is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to build state-of-the-art perception and reasoning algorithms into the Superpilot™ autonomy stack, enabling autonomous aircraft and associated ground systems to safely and autonomously navigate their complex environment, and define the standard of autonomous flight. In this role, you will be responsible for training models that enhance current Superpilot™ algorithms while investigating the application of cutting-edge research to expand autonomous flight capabilities. Your responsibilities will include filtering sensor data from flights, architecting dependable training infrastructure for datasets and models, and performing ongoing evaluations within our Operational Design Domain (ODD). By focusing on these tasks, you will play a vital part in achieving the detection and localization standards necessary for ensuring the safety of autonomous aviation. We are a small, high-impact team that values curiosity, technical initiative, and the ability to operate independently. You will collaborate deeply with controls, and flight software engineers to build a foundation that accelerates our path to safe, autonomous

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