Flyzipline
Senior Electrical Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 hours ago
LogisticsThermal AnalysisPCB DesignAltiumEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
- 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.
- The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Responsibilities
- Own the electrical design of Zipline's dock sensing and control architecture for volume production through a full design cycle including requirements, prototype, schematic capture, layout, and validation.
- Shape the architecture of Zipline's next generation product, making impactful design decisions daily, while working with a high level of independence.
- Lead trade studies, understand competing design priorities, and provide direction and clarity for burning down risk.
- Proactively seek out opportunities for improvement in system and component level design.
- Design: Schematic capture, PCB layout, system integration
- Production: DFM, design drawings, manufacturing, EOL test, certification
- Deployment: Troubleshoot field issues, develop rapid mitigations, roll learnings into future design revisions
- Travel occasionally to support supplier and manufacturer visit, product deployment, and field validation
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing embedded electronics hardware (microcontrollers, sensors, communication networks, etc.)
- Design experience with mixed-signal PCB, high-speed digital PCB, microprocessor, ethernet, power electronics, and motor drive.
- Design experience with MCU and digital communications (Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART)
- Proficiency in schematic capture, PCB layout, and simulation tools (Altium, SPICE, etc.)
- Familiarity with UL, IEC, and other electrical safety standards
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
- If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Benefits
- Past success developing electronics for critical systems in fields such as energy, transportation, or medical devices.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
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