Aerospace & Defense E-3 Sponsorship Jobs in California
California is one of the most active states for aerospace and defense hiring, with major employers like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and SpaceX operating large engineering and research facilities across the state. Australian engineers and technical professionals seeking E-3 visa sponsorship will find concentrated opportunities in the Los Angeles Basin, San Diego, and the Bay Area.
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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. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service.
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Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate Automation Engineering Lead to join our powertrain and electronics team to step-change the safety, quality, quantity, and cost of our manufacturing production lines through automation. The role spans atoms and bits, setting the go-forward strategy and standards for physical and digital connected machines. The role leads teams of controls engineers, mechanical engineers, and high-skill build technicians. The ideal candidate knows automation engineering is a partner to manufacturing engineers, production staff, and the broader cross-functional team to the end of setting-up production technicians to succeed. Joby Aviation is made up of extremely talented, hardworking, proactive, and hands-on individuals operating in a very fast-paced and rewarding environment. Come help us build advanced powertrains and electronics as we transform the transportation industry.
Responsibilities
- Create a connected factory where humans focus on difficult value-add responsibilities and automation handles the balance.
- Partner with manufacturing engineers to innovate manufacturing process automation.
- Lead in-house architecture, detailed design, build, and commissioning of automation equipment for our most complex and novel manufacturing processes.
- Partner with internal engineers and third-party equipment-building companies (integrators) to deliver fully-automated workstations and entire production lines.
- Partner with the Factory Systems team to determine the software and data pipeline interface, go-forward architecture, and development priorities.
- Lead controls engineers to design and deliver automated workstations that are connected to our web platforms via the Factory System team’s “kibana pipeline”.
- Lead mechanical engineers who partner with manufacturing engineers to design and deliver manual, semi-automated, and fully automated manufacturing tooling and workstations.
- Lead high-skill multi-disciplinary technicians to build complex electromechanical manual, semi-automated, and fully-automated manufacturing tooling and workstations in a constant feedback loop with the engineers.
Required
- BS in Engineering or relevant field with 8+ years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience professionally developing technical teams and setting those team members up to do their best work at high engagement.
- Ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from concept through commissioning and deployment to manufacturing.
- Extensive experience in software design, build, test, and deployment for robot, PLC, and cloud.
Desired
- Mastery of ASME Y14.5-2018.
- Experience with Kafka and MQTT.
- Experience with Beckhoff PLC and Ignition industrial application platforms.
- Experience with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD.
Additional Information
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $168,000 - $251,100/yr per year salary. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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. Since 2009, our team has worked steadily to make this dream a reality. We’ve designed and tested many generations of prototype aircraft capable of serving in a network of electric air taxis. We’re looking for talented, committed individuals to join our team as we push onward toward certifying the Joby aircraft, scaling our manufacturing, and launching our initial commercial service.
Overview
Joby Aviation is seeking a highly organized, passionate Automation Engineering Lead to join our powertrain and electronics team to step-change the safety, quality, quantity, and cost of our manufacturing production lines through automation. The role spans atoms and bits, setting the go-forward strategy and standards for physical and digital connected machines. The role leads teams of controls engineers, mechanical engineers, and high-skill build technicians. The ideal candidate knows automation engineering is a partner to manufacturing engineers, production staff, and the broader cross-functional team to the end of setting-up production technicians to succeed. Joby Aviation is made up of extremely talented, hardworking, proactive, and hands-on individuals operating in a very fast-paced and rewarding environment. Come help us build advanced powertrains and electronics as we transform the transportation industry.
Responsibilities
- Create a connected factory where humans focus on difficult value-add responsibilities and automation handles the balance.
- Partner with manufacturing engineers to innovate manufacturing process automation.
- Lead in-house architecture, detailed design, build, and commissioning of automation equipment for our most complex and novel manufacturing processes.
- Partner with internal engineers and third-party equipment-building companies (integrators) to deliver fully-automated workstations and entire production lines.
- Partner with the Factory Systems team to determine the software and data pipeline interface, go-forward architecture, and development priorities.
- Lead controls engineers to design and deliver automated workstations that are connected to our web platforms via the Factory System team’s “kibana pipeline”.
- Lead mechanical engineers who partner with manufacturing engineers to design and deliver manual, semi-automated, and fully automated manufacturing tooling and workstations.
- Lead high-skill multi-disciplinary technicians to build complex electromechanical manual, semi-automated, and fully-automated manufacturing tooling and workstations in a constant feedback loop with the engineers.
Required
- BS in Engineering or relevant field with 8+ years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience professionally developing technical teams and setting those team members up to do their best work at high engagement.
- Ability to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from concept through commissioning and deployment to manufacturing.
- Extensive experience in software design, build, test, and deployment for robot, PLC, and cloud.
Desired
- Mastery of ASME Y14.5-2018.
- Experience with Kafka and MQTT.
- Experience with Beckhoff PLC and Ignition industrial application platforms.
- Experience with SolidWorks or equivalent CAD.
Additional Information
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $168,000 - $251,100/yr per year salary. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Which aerospace and defense companies sponsor E-3 visas in California?
California's largest aerospace and defense employers, including Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, and SpaceX, have established sponsorship track records for skilled visa holders. Smaller defense contractors and aerospace suppliers operating across the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego corridor also participate in E-3 visa sponsorship, though sponsorship policies vary by hiring team and role.
Which cities in California have the most aerospace and defense E-3 sponsorship jobs?
The Los Angeles Basin, particularly El Segundo, Redondo Beach, and Palmdale, concentrates the highest density of aerospace and defense employers in California, anchored by major defense primes and space companies. San Diego is a strong secondary market, especially for defense electronics and naval systems roles. The Bay Area and Sacramento region offer additional opportunities in space technology and defense-adjacent engineering.
What types of aerospace and defense roles typically qualify for E-3 sponsorship?
Roles that require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related technical field tend to qualify as specialty occupations for E-3 purposes. In aerospace and defense, this commonly includes aerospace engineering, systems engineering, avionics, software engineering for embedded systems, structural analysis, and propulsion engineering. Positions where a specific degree is genuinely required, not merely preferred, are better positioned to meet the specialty occupation standard.
How do I find aerospace and defense E-3 sponsorship jobs in California?
Migrate Mate is specifically built for international job seekers and filters aerospace and defense roles in California that are open to E-3 visa sponsorship, saving you from manually sorting through thousands of listings. Using Migrate Mate, you can browse verified sponsorship-friendly employers in the sector, filter by California location, and identify which companies have active openings suited to Australian engineers and technical professionals.
Are there any California-specific or industry-specific considerations for E-3 sponsorship in aerospace and defense?
Many California aerospace and defense roles involve work on classified U.S. government programs, which require a U.S. security clearance. Australian citizens on E-3 visas are generally not eligible for U.S. security clearances, which can exclude a meaningful portion of defense contractor openings. Focusing on unclassified programs, commercial space, or dual-use technology roles within these companies is a more practical approach for E-3 holders.
What is the prevailing wage for E-3 aerospace & defense jobs in California?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.