Zipline International Inc.

Zipline International Inc.

Senior/Staff Linux Kernel Engineer - Avionics SW

South San Francisco, California, USA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$250kDetected 7 days ago
LinuxRESTLogisticsAvionicsElectrical EngineeringLoad TestingTest AutomationManual TestingCommunicationMentoring

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Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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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

  • Drive ambiguous, cross-system issues from investigation to validated resolution, then invest in tooling, testing, and architecture so they don't come back.
  • Develop, debug, and maintain Linux kernel drivers and related subsystems, and own them end to end.
  • Design for failure: define how the kernel and drivers detect, contain, and recover from faults (watchdogs, error handling paths, graceful degradation), and verify that behavior on real hardware.
  • Bring up new hardware, including device tree configuration, firmware interfaces, and board-support software.
  • Build diagnostics, benchmarks, and automated tests that catch regressions before they ship.
  • Serve as a technical reviewer for kernel and driver changes, and maintain our patch stack across kernel upgrades.
  • Write and review design docs, and drive cross-team technical decisions to consensus with hardware, firmware, platform, networking, and flight software teams.
  • Experience writing design docs, leading technical efforts across teams, and mentoring other engineers.
  • 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 Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

  • PCIe, Ethernet/NIC drivers, DMA, IOMMU, MSI/MSI-X, or Linux networking
  • Embedded Linux, ARM64, device tree, or board bring-up
  • Real-time systems, PREEMPT_RT, or latency analysis
  • eBPF, XDP, or high-performance networking
  • Kernel CI, stress testing, or performance regression testing
  • Upstream kernel contributions, or maintaining a product kernel
  • Hardware debugging tools, firmware, bootloaders, or test automation scripting
  • Experience in one or more of these areas is a plus:

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.

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.
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