Senior RF Antenna Design Engineer

🏢 Summary: Engineering role focused on developing and operating validation systems and automated test infrastructure for battery and power electronics hardware used in autonomous delivery aircraft. Responsibilities include designing test equipment, executing environmental and reliability testing, analyzing failures, and improving laboratory automation and validation processes across multiple hardware programs. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience developing validation systems or engineering test infrastructure for electromechanical products, Experience designing and building custom test equipment and automated validation systems, Mechanical design experience with CAD software, Knowledge of measurement systems, sensors, DAQ hardware, instrumentation, and electrical power systems, Experience with environmental, vibration, thermal, fatigue, reliability, or safety testing, Ability to analyze data, identify failure modes, and provide engineering recommendations, Experience developing automated test software, Strong written and verbal technical communication skills 📃 Skills: Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, TestStand, NX, SolidWorks, CAD, DAQ, Instrumentation, Automation, Sensors, Electrical, Mechanical, Validation, Testing 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline builds autonomous delivery aircraft and ground systems that operate daily in varying field conditions. You will develop the validation systems and test infrastructure that ensure battery and power electronics hardware is safe, reliable, manufacturable, and ready for deployment. The Battery & Power Electronics team is responsible for delivering power throughout the aircraft—including batteries, power distribution systems, busbars, and power connectors. In this role, you'll design, build, automate, and operate the systems that validate these products throughout development, qualification, manufacturing, and field support. This role is open to engineers at all levels. Scope and ownership grow with experience—from developing individual fixtures and executing validation tests to leading validation strategy, architecting complex test systems, and defining engineering standards across multiple programs. What You'll Do Own end-to-end delivery of validation systems from requirements → design → build → automation → execution → analysis → release → production support. Typical Responsibilities - Design and build mechanical, electrical, and software-integrated test equipment for battery cells, battery packs, power electronics, busbars, and power distribution hardware. - Develop validation strategies covering functional, environmental, vibration, thermal, abuse, reliability, and durability testing for safety-critical power systems. - Design custom fixtures, instrumentation, wiring harnesses, power distribution systems, and data acquisition hardware capable of repeatable, high-throughput testing. - Develop automated test sequences, data collection, and analysis workflows that improve test repeatability, reduce operator effort, and accelerate engineering feedback. - Plan and execute battery characterization, DV&P/R, vibration, thermal cycling, shock, crash, fire mitigation, fatigue, ingress protection, and electrical validation campaigns. - Own test readiness reviews, equipment qualification, calibration strategy, operating procedures, and laboratory safety documentation. - Analyze failures using instrumentation, teardown inspections, root cause analysis, and statistical methods, partnering with design engineers to implement corrective actions. - Partner daily with Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Reliability, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Integration & Test, and Field Operations to translate engineering questions into efficient, data-driven validation plans. - Develop scalable test infrastructure supporting engineering development, manufacturing validation, supplier qualification, and fleet investigations. - Support supplier qualification, acceptance testing, and failure investigations for externally manufactured hardware. - Contribute to engineering standards, laboratory best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives. As scope increases, lead technical reviews, mentor teammates, and define validation strategy across multiple programs. Engineer II - Independently owns validation equipment and test campaigns for individual subsystems. - Designs custom fixtures, automation, and data acquisition systems. - Troubleshoots complex test issues and partners with cross-functional teams to resolve failures. Senior Engineer - Leads development of complex validation systems supporting major hardware programs. - Defines validation approaches, mentors engineers, and improves laboratory capabilities. - Drives automation, test infrastructure improvements, and cross-functional technical decisions. Staff Engineer (Lead Engineer) - Defines validation strategy across multiple programs. - Establishes engineering standards for test equipment, automation, instrumentation, and laboratory operations. - Leads major cross-functional initiatives that improve engineering quality, development velocity, and organizational capability. - Serves as the technical authority for large-scale validation systems and laboratory infrastructure. What You'll Bring - Experience developing validation systems, production test equipment, or engineering test infrastructure for complex electromechanical products appropriate to your career level. - Experience designing and building custom test equipment, fixtures, instrumentation, or automated validation systems. - Strong mechanical design skills using NX, SolidWorks, or equivalent CAD software for developing robust laboratory equipment and fixtures. - Strong understanding of measurement systems, sensors, DAQ hardware, instrumentation, electrical power systems, and laboratory best practices. - Experience planning and executing environmental, vibration, fatigue, thermal, abuse, reliability, or safety testing. - Ability to design experiments, analyze data, identify failure modes, and communicate actionable engineering recommendations. - Experience developing automated test software using Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, NI Test Stand, or similar platforms is preferred. - Demonstrated ability to improve test throughput, repeatability, automation, or laboratory efficiency. - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate technical findings and recommendations. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Engineering role focused on designing and developing electromechanical test equipment for validating battery and power electronics systems used in autonomous delivery aircraft. The position involves building custom mechanical test systems, integrating automation and instrumentation, and supporting crash, structural, and environmental validation programs. Responsibilities scale with experience, from subsystem ownership to leading validation infrastructure strategy across aircraft programs. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience designing mechanical systems or engineering test equipment, Strong mechanical design skills, Proficiency with CAD software, Knowledge of machine design and structural analysis, Experience with GD&T and tolerance analysis, Experience performing FEA and hand calculations, Familiarity with hydraulic or pneumatic actuation systems, Experience designing welded and machined assemblies, Hands-on experience assembling and troubleshooting mechanical equipment, Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams 📃 Skills: NX, SolidWorks, CAD, FEA, GD&T, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Servo-electric, Automation, Instrumentation, Structural, Manufacturing 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline builds autonomous delivery aircraft and ground systems that operate daily in varied field conditions. Reliable products begin with reliable validation. As an Electromechanical Test Equipment Design Engineer, you will own the design and development of the test systems that enable engineers to characterize, validate, qualify, and manufacture battery and power electronics hardware with confidence. The Battery & Power Electronics team is responsible for delivering power throughout the aircraft—including batteries, power distribution systems, busbars, and power connectors. You will develop custom test equipment integrating mechanical design, electrical hardware, instrumentation, controls, automation, and software to create robust, scalable systems that accelerate product development and generate accurate, repeatable engineering data. This role is open to engineers at all levels. Responsibilities and scope will scale with experience—from owning individual fixtures and subsystems to leading the architecture and strategy for complex validation infrastructure spanning multiple aircraft programs. What You'll Do • Own end-to-end development of crash safety equipment from requirements through concept, design, fabrication, commissioning, validation, and continuous improvement. • Design and develop custom mechanical test equipment supporting impact, crush, penetration, drop, abuse, fire, vibration, and structural testing of batteries and aircraft hardware. • Design structural frames, fixtures, reaction structures, containment systems, mounting interfaces, and mechanisms capable of safely supporting high-energy testing. • Develop systems utilizing hydraulic, pneumatic, servo-electric, and mechanical actuation to apply controlled static and dynamic loading. • Perform engineering analyses including hand calculations, tolerance stacks, bolted joint design, load path analysis, FEA, fatigue assessments, and failure mode evaluations to ensure equipment performance and operator safety. • Produce CAD assemblies, detailed drawings, GD&T, bills of materials, and manufacturing documentation for fabricated and machined assemblies. • Design equipment with operator safety as a primary requirement, incorporating guarding, interlocks, energy isolation, debris containment, fire mitigation, and ergonomic considerations. • Partner with electrical, controls, and software engineers to integrate instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition, and automation into mechanical test systems. • Build, commission, troubleshoot, validate, and continuously improve laboratory equipment to maximize safety, repeatability, throughput, and maintainability. • Support crash safety, abuse, and structural validation campaigns by rapidly developing new test capability and modifying existing equipment. • Work closely with Mechanical Design, Reliability, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration & Test, and Safety teams to translate validation requirements into practical engineering solutions. • Lead supplier engagement for fabricated equipment, machined components, welded structures, hydraulic systems, and custom mechanical assemblies. What You'll Bring • Experience designing mechanical systems, structural equipment, automated machinery, manufacturing equipment, or engineering test equipment appropriate to your career level. • Strong mechanical design skills using NX, SolidWorks, or equivalent CAD software. • Strong engineering fundamentals including machine design, structural analysis, GD&T, tolerance analysis, hand calculations, bolted joints, fatigue, material selection, and design for manufacturing. • Experience performing structural analysis using hand calculations and FEA. • Familiarity with hydraulic, pneumatic, servo-electric, or other high-force actuation systems. • Experience designing welded structures, machined assemblies, and fabricated equipment. • Hands-on experience assembling, commissioning, troubleshooting, and improving mechanical equipment. • Experience supporting crash, impact, abuse, structural, environmental, or durability testing is preferred. • Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams and communicate technical tradeoffs effectively. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Cell Test Engineer role focused on developing and executing battery cell validation programs for autonomous delivery aircraft. The position involves testing lithium-ion cell performance, safety, aging, and reliability using advanced laboratory instrumentation and automation tools. Engineers will collaborate across battery, systems, manufacturing, and supplier teams to improve aircraft battery systems and support product development decisions. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience in battery cell engineering or validation engineering, Experience with battery cell characterization, life testing, abuse testing, or reliability testing, Strong understanding of lithium-ion battery chemistry, degradation, thermal behavior, and electrical performance, Experience operating battery cyclers, environmental chambers, DAQ systems, and laboratory instrumentation, Experience developing automated test software or data analysis tools, Ability to design experiments and analyze large experimental datasets, Familiarity with battery safety standards and abuse testing methodologies, Experience with thermocouples, RTDs, voltage and current measurement, impedance measurement, and thermal imaging, Strong written and verbal technical communication skills 📃 Skills: Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, DAQ, RTDs, thermocouples, lithium-ion, thermal, instrumentation, automation, cyclers, impedance, thermal-imaging 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline builds autonomous delivery aircraft and ground systems that operate daily in demanding field environments. The performance, reliability, and safety of our aircraft begin at the battery cell. As a Cell Test Engineer, you will develop the test systems, methodologies, and data that characterize cell performance, validate new technologies, and improve the safety and reliability of our battery systems. The Battery & Power Electronics team is responsible for delivering power throughout the aircraft—from individual cells to complete battery packs and power distribution systems. You will design and execute experiments that evaluate electrical performance, thermal behavior, degradation, abuse tolerance, and lifetime across multiple cell technologies, enabling critical engineering and sourcing decisions. This role is open to engineers at all levels. Responsibilities and technical scope will be matched to experience, with opportunities to grow from owning individual test programs to defining cell validation strategy across multiple aircraft platforms. What You'll Do - Own end-to-end development of cell validation programs from requirements → experiment design → execution → analysis → engineering recommendations → continuous improvement. - Develop and execute cell characterization programs evaluating capacity, impedance, power capability, efficiency, thermal behavior, and aging performance. - Design validation plans covering electrical, thermal, environmental, mechanical, and abuse testing to qualify cells for drone applications. - Design experiments that evaluate cycle life, calendar aging, fast charging, temperature performance, storage conditions, and operational limits. - Develop custom fixtures, instrumentation, wiring, thermal interfaces, and automation supporting repeatable, high-throughput cell testing. - Operate and improve battery cyclers, environmental chambers, thermal measurement systems, DAQ equipment, and laboratory instrumentation. - Develop automated test scripts, data processing pipelines, and reporting tools using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent software. - Analyze large experimental datasets to identify degradation mechanisms, performance trends, failure modes, and opportunities for optimization. - Perform post-test teardown inspections and correlate electrical performance with mechanical and thermal observations. - Support abuse testing including crush, penetration, thermal runaway propagation, overcharge, short circuit, vibration, shock, and environmental exposure. - Work closely with battery design, systems engineering, reliability, manufacturing, and suppliers to define validation plans and support product development decisions. - Develop laboratory procedures, calibration methods, safety documentation, and standardized test methodologies that improve repeatability and engineering efficiency. - Support supplier qualification, incoming cell validation, technology benchmarking, and root cause investigations involving field-return hardware. What You'll Bring - Experience in battery cell engineering, electrochemical testing, energy storage systems, or validation engineering appropriate to your career level. - Experience developing or executing battery cell characterization, life testing, abuse testing, or reliability testing. - Strong understanding of lithium-ion battery fundamentals including cell chemistry, degradation mechanisms, thermal behavior, and electrical performance. - Experience operating battery cyclers, environmental chambers, DAQ systems, thermal instrumentation, and laboratory equipment. - Experience developing automated test software or data analysis tools using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent platforms. - Ability to design experiments using statistical methods and interpret large experimental datasets. - Familiarity with battery safety standards and abuse testing methodologies. - Experience with instrumentation including thermocouples, RTDs, current and voltage measurement, impedance measurement, and thermal imaging. - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical findings and influence engineering decisions. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Role focused on leading technical site solution design and delivery for autonomous drone infrastructure deployments, including permitting, construction, commissioning, and operational launch. The position coordinates customers, contractors, and engineering teams to scale ground systems and improve future rollouts through field-driven product feedback. 🗂️ Requirements: Bachelor's degree in engineering, real estate development, finance, business administration, urban planning, architecture, construction management, or related field, 4+ years of experience in technical hardware sales, technical product management, construction, real estate development, or related field, Experience designing technical solutions for contractor-installed equipment, Experience with infrastructure entitlements, permitting, inspections, and approvals, Experience working with architectural, structural, civil, electrical, or MEP design teams, Ability to communicate technical decisions through sketches, technical writing, and presentations, Proficiency with CAD tools, Based in the METRO region, Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally 📃 Skills: CAD, MEP, Construction, Permitting, Commissioning, Electrical, Civil, Architecture, Infrastructure, TechnicalWriting 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline is expanding the ground systems and site infrastructure that enable autonomous delivery, including Offsite Charging sites and the Zipping Point autonomous loading system. You will own the technical path from customer solution design through permitting, construction, commissioning, and initial operation. This role sits where customer needs, site realities, product design, and regulatory approvals meet. You will make practical tradeoffs across parallel deployments, resolve roadblocks, and turn field learning into product changes that make future rollouts simpler and faster. What You'll Do • Lead technical sales and site solution design with customers, producing layouts, technical documents, specifications, and cut sheets for new and existing infrastructure. • Own site delivery from initial evaluation through construction, commissioning, and initial operation, coordinating internal teams, customers, contractors, and installation partners. • Develop preconstruction strategies and secure entitlements, permits, inspections, and approvals with jurisdictions, utilities, planning bodies, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. • Manage parallel site infrastructure and light-commercial construction projects, identifying and mitigating preconstruction, construction, operational, and sustaining risks. • Source, bid, evaluate, and manage general contractors and subcontractors across construction, assembly, and electrical trades while balancing quality, reliability, schedule, and lean budgets. • Translate deployment constraints and customer feedback into prioritized product changes with engineering and business teams to accelerate future Ground Systems rollouts. What You'll Bring • Bachelor's degree in engineering, real estate development, finance, business administration, urban planning, architecture, construction management, or a related field. • 4+ years of relevant experience in technical hardware sales, technical product management, real estate development, construction, or a related field. • Experience designing technical solutions for contractor-installed equipment; experience in light commercial construction is strongly preferred. • Proven experience navigating infrastructure entitlements, permitting, inspections, and approvals with customer real estate or construction teams and AHJs. • Experience working with architectural, structural, civil, electrical, or MEP design teams on commercial or industrial development projects. • Ability to communicate technical decisions through sketches, technical writing, and presentations, while escalating risks, tradeoffs, and opportunities clearly. • Proficiency with CAD tools for site layouts, indicative construction designs, and technical drawings; based in the METRO region with up to 20% domestic and international travel. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Role focused on leading technical site solution design and infrastructure deployment for autonomous drone delivery systems, from customer planning and permitting through construction and commissioning. The position combines technical sales, construction coordination, regulatory approvals, and cross-functional collaboration to scale ground systems and autonomous loading infrastructure. 🗂️ Requirements: Bachelor's degree in engineering, real estate development, finance, business administration, urban planning, architecture, construction management, or related field, 4+ years of experience in technical hardware sales, technical product management, construction, real estate development, or related field, Experience designing technical solutions for contractor-installed equipment, Experience with infrastructure entitlements, permitting, inspections, and approvals, Experience collaborating with architectural, structural, civil, electrical, or MEP design teams, Ability to communicate technical decisions through technical writing, sketches, and presentations, Proficiency with CAD tools for site layouts and technical drawings, Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally, Based in the METRO region 📃 Skills: CAD, MEP, Construction, Permitting, Commissioning, Infrastructure, Electrical, Civil, Structural, Architecture 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline is expanding the ground systems and site infrastructure that enable autonomous delivery, including Offsite Charging sites and the Zipping Point autonomous loading system. You will own the technical path from customer solution design through permitting, construction, commissioning, and initial operation. This role sits where customer needs, site realities, product design, and regulatory approvals meet. You will make practical tradeoffs across parallel deployments, resolve roadblocks, and turn field learning into product changes that make future rollouts simpler and faster. What You'll Do • Lead technical sales and site solution design with customers, producing layouts, technical documents, specifications, and cut sheets for new and existing infrastructure. • Own site delivery from initial evaluation through construction, commissioning, and initial operation, coordinating internal teams, customers, contractors, and installation partners. • Develop preconstruction strategies and secure entitlements, permits, inspections, and approvals with jurisdictions, utilities, planning bodies, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. • Manage parallel site infrastructure and light-commercial construction projects, identifying and mitigating preconstruction, construction, operational, and sustaining risks. • Source, bid, evaluate, and manage general contractors and subcontractors across construction, assembly, and electrical trades while balancing quality, reliability, schedule, and lean budgets. • Translate deployment constraints and customer feedback into prioritized product changes with engineering and business teams to accelerate future Ground Systems rollouts. What You'll Bring • Bachelor's degree in engineering, real estate development, finance, business administration, urban planning, architecture, construction management, or a related field. • 4+ years of relevant experience in technical hardware sales, technical product management, real estate development, construction, or a related field. • Experience designing technical solutions for contractor-installed equipment; experience in light commercial construction is strongly preferred. • Proven experience navigating infrastructure entitlements, permitting, inspections, and approvals with customer real estate or construction teams and AHJs. • Experience working with architectural, structural, civil, electrical, or MEP design teams on commercial or industrial development projects. • Ability to communicate technical decisions through sketches, technical writing, and presentations, while escalating risks, tradeoffs, and opportunities clearly. • Proficiency with CAD tools for site layouts, indicative construction designs, and technical drawings; based in the METRO region with up to 20% domestic and international travel. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Mechanical Engineer role focused on designing, validating, and scaling structural and electromechanical hardware for long-range autonomous delivery aircraft. The position involves end-to-end ownership of airframe subsystems, from CAD design and simulation through production ramp and field sustainment, with close collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams. 🗂️ Requirements: 4+ years of experience designing electromechanical and structural assemblies, Experience owning complex subassemblies through full product lifecycle, Advanced CAD proficiency, Strong GD&T knowledge, Experience creating manufacturing-ready drawings and inspection criteria, FEA and mechanical analysis experience, Hands-on prototyping and validation testing experience, Supplier engagement and DFM experience, Experience with structural components, mechanisms, composites, or metallic assemblies, Ability to travel to suppliers, production sites, and field depots 📃 Skills: CAD, GD&T, FEA, DFM, NX, Composites, Injection, Stamping, Extrusion, Prototyping, Manufacturing, Simulation 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role You are an owner-oriented Mechanical Engineer joining Zipline's Long Range Platform team to design, validate, and deliver critical airframe and electromechanical hardware used in long-distance autonomous delivery aircraft. This role sits at the intersection of field logistics, fleet operations, and mass production: your work will reduce aircraft weight, increase structural and mechanism reliability in harsh field conditions, and enable higher sortie rates for customers who depend on predictable, high-uptime deliveries. You will operate with end-to-end hardware responsibility—from requirement definition and architecture trade-offs through prototype validation, supplier integration, production ramp, and in-field sustainment—and you will make decisions that directly affect fleet availability, safety margins, and cost-per-delivery. What You'll Do - Own specific Long Range mechanical subsystems (e.g., wing/fuselage primary structure, deployable delivery mechanism, landing gear and attach fittings, or integrated payload-mount assemblies) and be the primary technical lead from concept to sustained production. - Translate operational and fleet requirements into quantitative mechanical performance targets and design architectures. - Produce and iterate detailed CAD models, tolerance stacks, GD&T, and manufacturing drawings enabling supplier quotes, DFx reviews, and inspection plans for volume production. - Run first-principles analysis and engineering simulation (FEA, buckling, fatigue, jointed-assembly loads) and validate with bench tests and flight-representative test rigs. - Prototype rapidly, lead hands-on build-test-iterate campaigns, and produce test plans tied to release criteria and field reliability goals. - Define and own verification matrices, failure modes and corrective actions through qualification and production ramp. - Partner with Electrical, Software, Integration/Test, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to resolve cross-functional tradeoffs and production issues. - Support field deployments and production startups as required. What You'll Bring - 4+ years industry experience designing electromechanical and structural assemblies. - Demonstrated ownership of complex subassemblies through full product cycles. - Deep CAD fluency and rigorous GD&T skills. - Experience producing manufacturing-ready drawings and inspection criteria. - Proven track record applying FEA, hand calculations, tolerance analysis, and test correlation. - Hands-on prototyping and test experience. - Direct supplier engagement experience. - Experience with structural components, mechanisms, fastener systems, composites, or metallic airframe-scale assemblies. - Willingness and ability to travel as needed. - Strong end-to-end ownership mindset. Location & Logistics This role is based in the listed Long Range engineering location (on-site or hybrid as specified by the team). Expect regular on-site collaboration during critical phases and periodic travel to supplier/manufacturing sites and field depots. Nice-to-have - Aerospace or automotive validation experience. - Composites design experience. - High-efficiency electric powertrain exposure. - NX proficiency. - Experience scaling prototypes to injection molding, stamping, or extrusion processes. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates who may not meet every qualification listed.

🏢 Summary: Senior leadership role focused on building and scaling Ground Systems Service Operations for a distributed drone logistics network. The position oversees field service operations, technician organizations, safety systems, maintenance processes, staffing models, and operational performance across multiple sites and metros. The role combines strategic organization design with hands-on operational execution to support large-scale autonomous logistics infrastructure. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience building and scaling service operations or technical field organizations, Experience leading field service, maintenance, infrastructure, aviation, robotics, autonomy, or manufacturing operations teams, Ability to hire, develop, and manage leaders and frontline technical teams, Experience supporting physical hardware operations across distributed sites or regions, Knowledge of work orders, maintenance operations, tooling control, spares planning, and return-to-service processes, Experience designing operating models, staffing plans, onboarding, and training systems, Strong operational metrics and performance management experience, Practical safety leadership experience in field operations, Ability to manage cross-functional operational processes and escalations, Willingness to travel regularly to field sites 📃 Skills: Operations, Maintenance, Infrastructure, Aviation, Robotics, Autonomy, Manufacturing, SLA, RACI, Workorders, Tooling, Safety, Documentation, Dashboards, Escalation, Training, Onboarding, Staffing, Logistics, SupplyChain 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline is looking for an Sr Manager / Director of Service Operations to build and scale the Ground Systems Service Operations organization. This role is for someone who has built operational teams before, is energized by turning ambiguity into a real operating system, and knows how to hire great leaders and great field teams underneath them. The scope is broad. You will define how Zipline services and supports ground infrastructure across many sites and metros, including zipping points, docks, chargers, site infrastructure, tooling, spares, service workflows, safety systems, technician training, onboarding, escalation paths, resourcing plans, role definitions, and return-to-service discipline. This is not only a maintenance execution role - it is an organization-building role for a leader who can operate strategically, administratively, and tactically at the same time. You will build the structure that lets a distributed service organization scale: the leadership bench, hiring plan, training model, safety cadence, field processes, management routines, operating metrics, staffing assumptions, documentation standards, and clear division of responsibility between Service Operations, Engineering, Service Engineering, Launch, Flight Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product, Finance, and Field Operations. This role should appeal to someone who enjoys building the first durable version of an operations organization: setting the standard, testing it in the field, refining it quickly, and creating enough process to scale without creating bureaucracy. You should be comfortable moving between a site escalation, a staffing model, a safety review, a technician onboarding plan, a leader-hiring discussion, and a strategic decision about where responsibility should sit between teams. What You'll Do • Build and scale Ground Systems Service Operations as a distributed field organization across active US metros and future expansion sites. • Hire, develop, and retain the leaders and frontline teams needed to support a growing network of field technicians, electricians, service specialists, site leads, and regional operators. • Define the operating model for service across sites and metros, including what work sits with Service Operations, what sits with Engineering or Service Engineering, what Launch owns, what Field Operations owns, and how handoffs work when issues cross team boundaries. • Create the management system for the organization: daily and weekly operating cadence, escalation reviews, site health reviews, safety reviews, leader routines, performance management, and clear inspection mechanisms. • Build the training and onboarding system for technicians and site service leaders, including role expectations, practical qualification paths, safety expectations, standard work, field playbooks, and recurring retraining as systems evolve. • Own service resourcing plans across current and future metros, including staffing models, shift coverage, mobile service coverage, launch support, escalation coverage, and the assumptions that connect labor capacity to site uptime and delivery volume. • Establish the safety operating system for Ground Systems Service Operations, including field safety expectations, work authorization, hazard identification, incident response, corrective actions, and mechanisms that keep safety visible in daily work. • Define and refine process without slowing the team down: SOPs, maintenance and service playbooks, work-order discipline, handoff packets, escalation rules, tooling catalogs, spares processes, documentation standards, and dashboards teams actually use. • Create clear ownership for every down or degraded asset: one owner, one plan, one ETA, one escalation path, and clean return-to-service records. • Partner tightly with Engineering, Service Engineering, Launch, Flight Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product, Finance, and Field Operations so service is never an ambiguous handoff point. • Improve service economics by reducing avoidable downtime, increasing asset availability, improving work-order throughput, making planned service predictable, improving parts readiness, and connecting service performance to cost per delivery and site availability. • Prepare Zipline for the next phase of scale, including new metro launches, higher utilization, new charging and docking infrastructure, and future ground-system platforms. • Spend meaningful time in the field with service teams, especially when a site, process, launch, training path, safety mechanism, or escalation is not yet working. What You'll Bring • Demonstrated experience building and scaling an operations, service operations, field service, maintenance, fleet, infrastructure, aviation, robotics, autonomy, manufacturing operations, or similarly complex technical field organization. • A track record of hiring great leaders and building strong teams underneath them. You know how to identify leadership potential, set expectations, coach managers, and raise the bar without creating unnecessary bureaucracy. • Strong organization-building instincts: operating models, role definitions, RACI-style ownership, staffing plans, training systems, onboarding, safety cadence, management routines, and process design. • Experience leading teams that support physical hardware in the field across many sites, metros, regions, or customer locations. Experience with technicians, electricians, field service teams, maintenance teams, or distributed site operations is especially relevant. • Comfort moving between strategy and execution. You can design a multi-metro resourcing model, then help a site leader unblock a staffing gap, work-order backlog, training issue, safety concern, or cross-functional handoff problem. • Strong operating-system fundamentals across work orders, shift handoffs, tooling control, spares planning, planned and unplanned maintenance, technician assignment, escalation paths, field documentation, and return-to-service processes. • Practical safety leadership. You know that safety is not a slide deck; it is training, habits, field inspection, clear standards, escalation discipline, corrective action, and leadership behavior. • Fluency with operational metrics such as asset availability, site uptime, downtime, SLA breach rate, work-order aging, repeat failure modes, technician productivity, training completion, scheduled-service compliance, parts blockers, staffing coverage, and cost per delivery. • Technical credibility with engineers and technicians, combined with the judgment to know that the work is not complete until the asset is back in operation with clean records and a verified fix. • Demonstrated ability to create clarity under pressure when assets are down, sites are short on capacity, work orders are stale, parts are missing, safety issues emerge, or multiple teams are pointing at each other. • High standards for culture: direct communication, low ego, high ownership, safety mindset, urgency, practical problem solving, and willingness to lead from the front. • Willingness to travel regularly to Zipline sites and spend active time with service teams in the field. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Senior and Staff Perception Engineer roles focused on building and deploying production-grade computer vision and deep learning systems for autonomous drone delivery. The position involves developing cloud and onboard perception models, large-scale semantic and 3D mapping systems, and validation infrastructure for safety-critical logistics operations. Engineers will work on real-world autonomy challenges using aerial survey data, distributed training systems, and modern ML architectures. 🗂️ Requirements: 5+ years experience for Senior or 8+ years for Staff in deep learning-based perception systems, Experience with 3D geometry, semantic understanding, or remote sensing mapping, Strong knowledge of classical computer vision, Experience with CNN, transformer, and foundation model architectures, Experience building and deploying production ML systems, Experience with training, annotation, and evaluation pipelines, Ability to work with distributed training and data infrastructure, Experience in robotics or autonomy applications required for Staff, Roadmapping and technical leadership experience for Staff 📃 Skills: Python, ComputerVision, DeepLearning, CNN, Transformers, Segmentation, Geometry, Mapping, Calibration, Epipolar, StructureFromMotion, GaussianSplats, Robotics, Autonomy, GPU, Cloud, DistributedTraining, ML, Perception 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline is operating the world's largest autonomous logistics network—delivering critical medical and commercial goods globally with high reliability, precision, and scale. As we expand into increasingly complex, safety-critical environments, the systems behind our autonomy stack must be robust, adaptable, and deeply integrated—especially at the intersection of perception and deployment. Our operational scale makes this a Physical AI opportunity like no other. We're hiring senior and staff perception engineers to join our Droid team, the group responsible for the autonomy that powers Zipline's backyard delivery experience. This team owns the full stack of onboard, offboard and cloud-side perception systems that inform, validate, and augment our onboard autonomy. From generating rich 3D and semantic priors from aerial survey data to learning customer preferences and terrain features at scale, your work will define how we enable Zipline aircraft to scale mission-critical deliveries across complex, real-world environments. This is not a purely research role—you'll be expected to move fast, ship production-grade systems, and find clever ways to apply state-of-the-art techniques to tangible, high-impact problems. What You'll Do - Own the design and implementation of computer vision ML models that run in the cloud or on an on-prem GPU cluster, helping support and scale on-device perception models. - Train and deploy large-scale models for semantic segmentation, feedforward 4D geometry, and learned preference modeling using aerial survey images, production deliveries and synthetic generated data. - Design and ship tools that predict deliverability, generate high-fidelity priors, and reduce operational friction of onboarding new customers in new environments. - Design evaluation and validation infrastructure to ensure models behave reliably in the field. - Ship new production features or models approximately every 6 weeks. - Senior engineers will lead architectural decisions, drive experimentation, and scale production-grade perception systems. - Staff engineers will roadmap the future of offboard models and lead challenging ML initiatives. What You'll Bring - At least 5+ years of experience (Senior) or 8+ years of experience (Staff) building and deploying deep learning-based perception systems. - Strong understanding of classical computer vision including camera calibration, epipolar geometry, and structure-from-motion. - Experience combining classical vision methods with modern ML approaches such as multi-view models and gaussian splats. - Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, iterating on, and optimizing CNN, transformer, and foundation-style model architectures in production. - Engineering mindset focused on shipping scalable solutions. - Familiarity with training, data annotation, and evaluation pipelines. - Ability to work across data pipelines, training infrastructure, and distributed training systems. - Experience deploying models in robotics or autonomy applications is strongly preferred for Senior and required for Staff. - Staff candidates should demonstrate roadmap ownership and experience launching new ML initiatives. What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

🏢 Summary: Senior or Staff Electrical Engineer role focused on designing and owning autonomous delivery system electrical architectures for Zipline’s Dropbox product, from requirements and PCB design through validation, production ramp, and field deployment. The position involves hands-on work with power distribution, sensors, actuators, embedded systems, diagnostics, and reliability in demanding outdoor environments. Candidates will collaborate cross-functionally to improve safety, manufacturability, and long-term fleet performance. 🗂️ Requirements: Experience owning complex electrical or electromechanical products through production and deployment, Strong knowledge of analog, digital, power, sensor, motor interface, embedded system, and communication design, Experience designing electronics with motors, actuators, sensors, PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, and embedded controls, Experience with schematic capture, PCB reviews, component selection, tolerance analysis, and worst-case analysis, Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, power analyzers, and data-acquisition equipment, Experience debugging power, signal integrity, connector, sensor, communication, or firmware interaction issues, Knowledge of ESD, EMI/EMC, thermal derating, vibration, ingress, corrosion, and connector reliability, Experience defining verification plans, fault-injection testing, and production acceptance criteria, Experience working with PCB, harness, component, and manufacturing suppliers, Experience implementing DFM, DFT, end-of-line testing, calibration, and manufacturing controls, Ability to analyze telemetry or test data using Python, SQL, MATLAB, or equivalent, Strong technical documentation and communication skills, Ability to work onsite in South San Francisco and travel as needed 📃 Skills: PCB, PCBAs, Analog, Digital, Embedded, Sensors, Actuators, Motors, Communications, Diagnostics, Python, SQL, MATLAB, C, C++, DFM, DFT, EMI, EMC, ESD, Telemetry, Firmware, Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, LogicAnalyzers, PowerAnalyzers, Electronics, Interconnects, Harnesses, Connectors 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. The company designs, builds, and operates autonomous logistics systems that deliver food, medicine, medical supplies, and retail products globally. Operations span four continents with millions of completed deliveries and more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles flown. About You and The Role Zipline builds and operates autonomous delivery systems that move critical goods reliably and safely. Dropbox is a customer-facing package-loading product that integrates mechatronics, sensors, electronics, access control, user interaction, firmware, and environmental protection so untrained users can hand off packages to autonomous delivery systems. As a Senior or Staff Electrical Engineer on Dropbox, you will own critical electrical systems from architecture and component selection through detailed design, validation, production ramp, and fleet operation. Responsibilities include power distribution, motor and actuator interfaces, sensing, PCBAs, wiring harnesses, connectors, grounding, protection, communications, and system diagnostics. Dropbox operates unattended in demanding field environments and around untrained users. Its electrical systems must tolerate weather, installation variation, power disturbances, mechanical motion, contamination, service activity, and repeated daily operation while remaining safe and easy to diagnose. You will work closely with Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, Systems, Safety, Test, Reliability, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Deployment, and Operations. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role with responsibility for both detailed electrical design and system-level product outcomes. At the Staff level, responsibilities additionally include setting electrical architecture and technical direction across Dropbox generations, establishing reusable design standards, and leading resolution of complex cross-functional problems. What You'll Do - Own critical Dropbox electrical systems from requirements and architecture through production release and field deployment - Develop electrical architecture for power distribution, control electronics, sensors, actuators, user interfaces, communications, and service diagnostics - Translate product behavior, safety analyses, environmental conditions, mechanical interfaces, and field workflows into electrical requirements - Define electrical success metrics including power consumption, sensing coverage, fault-detection performance, environmental margin, production yield, and field reliability - Select and integrate sensors, motors, actuators, motor drivers, power supplies, converters, protection devices, connectors, harnesses, and communications interfaces - Design or guide development of PCBAs, schematics, layouts, cables, wiring harnesses, interconnects, and electrical assembly documentation - Own grounding and shielding strategy, connector architecture, thermal derating, and protection coordination - Design for electrical faults including overcurrent, short circuit, reverse polarity, overvoltage, undervoltage, brownouts, electrostatic discharge, and communication loss - Partner with Safety and Systems engineers to ensure hazards are controlled through architecture, protection, sensing, and fault response - Work closely with Mechanical Engineering on electronics packaging, cable routing, environmental sealing, thermal management, strain relief, and serviceability - Partner with Firmware engineers to define sensor behavior, actuator interfaces, motor control, telemetry, and recovery - Perform circuit analysis, power analysis, signal-integrity assessment, tolerance analysis, derating, and worst-case analysis - Build prototypes, perform bench testing, and use data to reduce technical risk - Develop validation plans covering electrical safety, environmental exposure, thermal cycling, vibration, ESD, EMI/EMC, and fault injection - Lead design reviews, DFMEAs, hazard reviews, and readiness reviews - Produce schematics, drawings, specifications, interface-control documents, BOMs, test requirements, and release documentation - Work directly with suppliers to qualify components, PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, power systems, and manufacturing processes - Support prototype builds, validation phases, production validation, and manufacturing ramp - Investigate test, production, and field failures using telemetry, logs, electrical measurements, and root-cause methods - Mentor engineers and establish electrical design and release best practices What You'll Bring - Proven ownership of complex electrical or electromechanical products through architecture, validation, production ramp, and deployment - Strong electrical engineering fundamentals across analog, digital, power, sensors, motor interfaces, embedded systems, and communications - Experience designing electronics for systems containing motors, actuators, sensors, PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, and embedded controls - Experience with power-distribution, grounding, shielding, protection, and interconnect architectures - Experience with schematic capture, PCB design reviews, component selection, tolerance analysis, and worst-case circuit analysis - Hands-on proficiency with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, electronic loads, logic analyzers, current probes, and data-acquisition equipment - Experience debugging issues involving power, signal integrity, connectors, sensors, communications, or firmware interaction - Experience designing for outdoor, industrial, automotive, aerospace, robotics, appliance, or similarly demanding environments - Knowledge of environmental protection, thermal derating, ESD, EMI/EMC, ingress, corrosion, vibration, and connector reliability - Experience defining verification plans, fault-injection tests, and production acceptance criteria - Experience working directly with PCB, harness, component, and contract-manufacturing suppliers - Experience implementing DFM, DFT, end-of-line testing, calibration, and manufacturing controls - Ability to analyze telemetry or test data using Python, SQL, MATLAB, or equivalent tools - Strong systems judgment and ability to identify cross-domain root causes - Clear written, verbal, and visual communication skills - Role is onsite in South San Francisco with some travel required - Periodic off-hours support may be required during critical production and deployment activities Nice to Have - Experience with motor-control electronics, position sensing, safety interlocks, or automated mechanisms - Experience with batteries, solar power, or distributed low-voltage systems - Experience with functional safety principles or electronics operating around untrained users - Experience developing remote diagnostics, fleet-health monitoring, or automated failure-detection tools - Firmware experience in C/C++ or debugging embedded systems - Experience with high-volume electromechanical products What Success Looks Like - Electrical systems meet safety, reliability, environmental, and production requirements - Electrical releases achieve strong production yield without recurring integration issues - Sensors, actuators, interlocks, and fault responses operate predictably across configurations - Field electrical failures are detected quickly and permanently corrected - Manufacturing and deployment teams can build, install, and service systems efficiently - Electrical architecture supports future product capabilities without unnecessary redesign

🏢 Summary: Lead the systems engineering team for autonomous drone logistics platforms, defining product architecture, verification, and safety-critical system capabilities at global scale. The role focuses on scaling autonomous aircraft operations, optimizing performance and safety, and driving cross-functional technical roadmaps for complex real-world environments. 🗂️ Requirements: Leadership experience delivering complex technical systems, Experience with safety-critical autonomous systems, Systems engineering expertise, Architecture and interface definition experience, Verification and validation planning experience, Fault-tolerant and fail-safe systems knowledge, Tradeoff analysis using models and metrics, Cross-functional communication skills, Team mentoring and technical leadership 📃 Skills: Systems, Autonomy, Architecture, Verification, Validation, Safety, FaultTolerance, Modeling, Optimization, Metrics, Testing, Regulatory, Hardware, Software, Logistics, Aerospace 🏢 Description: About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role You will lead the systems engineering team responsible for defining the product capabilities roadmap, decomposing those capabilities into concrete architectures engineering teams can deliver on, and system validation & verification of new capabilities across our current platforms as well as new and novel autonomous aircraft concepts. In 2026, we will scale Platform 2 deliveries per day by 10x while we ramp range by 5x - so, we'll fly 50x further every day than we do today. We'll do that while ramping into significantly more complex airspaces and environmental conditions across 5 metros in the US. Then, in 2027 we'll make a similar 10x+ jump while expanding across the globe. This is a key leadership position to find the right path for enabling safe scaling into complex environments, defining architectures to achieve safety and cost goals over hardware and software revisions, and balancing competing objectives such as range, acoustics, delivery throughput, and cost. What You'll Do Scope: Product level requirements, architecture and decomposition, verification plans, operational performance monitoring of key product attributes and functions including: - Network Optimization & Capacity - Aircraft Autonomy - Flight Performance - Operational Design Domain / Operating Envelope - Flight Reliability and Fault Management Responsibilities: - Serve as a trusted technical expert of high-reliability, safety-critical autonomous systems owning system level architecture, requirements, metrics, and test coverage to ensure product capabilities are delivered safely - Define interfaces and drive cross-disciplinary discussions to align on architectures - Develop frameworks and facilitate trade studies to optimize performance, safety, and cost - Create and maintain systems models and diagrams - Set standards for hardware and software releases and test requirements - Partner with safety engineering and regulatory teams to prove flight worthiness Leadership: - Grow and mentor a world-class Systems Engineering team and adjacent teams - Drive multi-year technical roadmap across the product What You'll Bring - Demonstrated leadership delivering complex technical solutions amid ambiguity and competing priorities - Track record of shipping high-reliability, safety-critical autonomous systems into real-world operation - Deep systems engineering experience with product requirements, architecture, interface definition, system decomposition, verification planning, and validation - Technical judgment in safety-critical autonomy including fail-safe, fault-tolerant, and fail-operative approaches - Experience making tradeoffs among safety, performance, cost, and operational constraints using models, metrics, and test evidence - Ability to develop technical leaders and communicate system decisions across engineering, safety, regulatory, and operational teams What Else You Need To Know Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We value diversity and welcome applications from those traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply.