DAYTON — Joby Aviation will soon be making air taxis right here in the Miami Valley and they’ve already started looking for the workers to help them build the next innovation in flight.
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News Center 7 covered the story when Joby announced a move to Dayton at Hawthorn Hill in Oakwood in September 2023.
Since then, we’ve gotten questions about Joby jobs.
News Center 7’s John Bedell flew across the country with a News Center 7 photojournalist to get rare access to Joby Aviation’s facility in California’s Monterey Bay area. He spoke to the company about how they’ll work to hire people in Dayton.
Eric Allison, Joby Aviation’s Chief Product Officer, said the company started the hiring process in the Dayton area late last year.
“We’re getting going. We have jobs up, a couple of jobs up on our website for recruiting right now, and really looking forward to starting to build stuff in Dayton very soon,” Allison said.
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Joby plans on hiring 2,000 people in Dayton for jobs like machine operators, production managers, manufacturing and quality engineers, and operators for subtractive and additive manufacturing.
Joby wouldn’t talk specifics when Bedell pressed about the pay range for their Dayton jobs. As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, state incentive records show project assistance from Ohio is tied to commitments from Joby, including those 2,000 new jobs and more than $140 million in new jobs annual payroll.
Bedell spoke to Dave Burrows, Dayton Development Coalition’s Vice President of Engagement, about Joby’s impact on Dayton’s economy.
“They’re going to need supply chain. So not only will they have a couple thousand jobs themselves, we feel that the impact from the community, whether it’s a little or a lot, is going to be beneficial,” Burrows said.
Joby told Bedell that they expect to start making air taxi parts in Dayton later this year, with plans to expand production in the Miami Valley.
Ultimately, Allison said the plan is to produce hundreds of aircraft a year out of the set of facilities they plan to have in the Dayton area.
If you’re interested in applying for jobs at Joby’s Dayton facility, you can register your interest here.
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