Zipline International Inc.
Electrical Engineer, Avionics
South San Francisco, California, USA · Junior · Internship
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$3,973 more — $133,973 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $133,973 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Electrical Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Electrical Engineers (17-2071) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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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
- Contribute to the design and development of avionics and ground-support PCBAs, including digital, analog, sensing, communications, power, and control circuits.
- Support schematic capture, component selection, interface definition, and board-level integration with guidance from experienced engineers.
- Help bring up new boards, run bench tests, collect data, and summarize results to support design validation and release decisions.
- Support validation testing, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations for issues found during bring-up, qualification, manufacturing, or flight test.
- Contribute to requirements, test procedures, design documentation, release packages, and change-control records for avionics hardware.
- Participate in design reviews and learn to evaluate tradeoffs across performance, reliability, manufacturability, weight, power, and cost.
- Work with manufacturing, test, quality, and operations teams to support prototype builds, production readiness, and fielded hardware improvements.
- Build good engineering judgment by asking questions early, documenting work clearly, and following problems through to resolution.
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Internship or project experience in avionics, aerospace, drones, robotics, automotive electronics, satellites, or other high-reliability hardware.
- Experience with Altium Designer for schematic capture, PCB layout review, or release package generation.
- Experience with Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for test automation, data analysis, or lab-equipment control.
- Familiarity with embedded firmware development in C or C++, especially for board bring-up, diagnostics, or hardware-software integration.
- Familiarity with CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, GNSS, radios, power electronics, battery systems, or sensor interfaces.
- Exposure to environmental or reliability testing such as vibration, thermal cycling, or EMI/EMC-related work.
- What Else You Need To Know
- We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech.
Compensation
- The starting salary for this role is $130,000 - $186,000.
Benefits
- With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
- We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
This listing is sourced directly from Zipline International Inc.'s careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.