Zipline International Inc.

Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer

South San Francisco, California, USA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago

PythonC++MATLABData AnalysisLogisticsPCB DesignAltiumEmbedded SystemsAvionicsEMI/EMCDO-160RoboticsMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringSensorsTest AutomationCommunication

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 avionics electrical subsystems from concept through design, validation, release, production ramp, and field support.
Design and develop PCBAs for aircraft and ground-support hardware, including digital, analog, sensing, communications, power, and control circuits.
Create and review schematics, select components, define interfaces, guide PCB layout, and ensure designs meet electrical, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and operational requirements.
Bring up new boards, write and execute validation plans, analyze test data, and drive design changes based on measured performance.
Lead root-cause investigations for electrical issues found during bring-up, qualification, manufacturing, flight test, or field operation.
Own corrective-action plans for fleet or production issues, including containment, investigation, design revision, release, and verification.
Partner with firmware and software teams on hardware-software interfaces, sensor integration, communications, diagnostics, and test hooks.
Collaborate with manufacturing, test, quality, and supply-chain teams to improve yield, reduce downtime, resolve production blockers, and support supplier readiness.
Define requirements, test procedures, design documentation, release packages, and change-control records for avionics hardware.
Support design reviews, failure reviews, and technical tradeoff decisions across reliability, performance, cost, weight, power, schedule, and manufacturability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

Experience with 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 designing for weight, power consumption, thermal limits, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, environmental exposure, or high-volume manufacturing.
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.
Experience with CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, GNSS, radios, motor-control electronics, battery systems, or sensor interfaces.
Familiarity with aerospace or environmental test practices such as DO-160, HALT, vibration, thermal cycling, or reliability growth testing.
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