Flyzipline
Staff Controls Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$280kDetected 17 hours ago
AlgorithmsLogisticsCommunication
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
- Build controls algorithms that are robust, performant, fault tolerant and own the development, testing, analysis and deployment of the same.
- Define analysis approaches that connect design choices, requirements, limitations, and environmental conditions to vehicle performance.
- Evaluate existing and future vehicle designs through simulation, flight-test data, and data from customer aircraft in the global fleet.
- Lead technical recommendations for controls, vehicle, and system design improvements with software, hardware, flight test, and manufacturing partners.
- Build reusable analysis tools that enable teams to investigate performance questions, compare design options, and make informed tradeoffs.
- Experience developing and using high-fidelity simulations to evaluate system performance and guide engineering decisions.
- Experience analyzing experimental or flight-test data and using evidence to validate models or improve designs.
- Ability to lead ambiguous technical problems from framing through analysis, recommendation, and cross-functional execution.
- Strong engineering judgment about model assumptions, uncertainty, validation limits, and design tradeoffs.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical findings to engineering and operational partners.
Requirements
- Own dynamic models of complex vehicle systems and components within Zipline's high-fidelity six-degree-of-freedom simulation.
- Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role.
- If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Skills
- About Zipline
- Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
- Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back.
- About You and The Role
Compensation
- The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
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