- Robot type
- Drone
- Location
- South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2026
- Salary
- $160,000–$235,000 a year
Electrical Engineer, Towers
Job description
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who…
Job responsibilities
- System Architecture & Harnessing: Design the power distribution and cable harnesses for P2 charging towers. You will document and manage complex wire runs between docking stations and the site stub-up (RapidHarness or…
- Financial Ownership: Own the Bill of Materials (BOM) for the tower’s electrical systems. You will perform trade-off analyses (e.g., material choices, routing efficiencies) to drive down costs without compromising…
- Regulatory & Sign-off: Lead the process for getting designs and sites signed off by Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs).
- Design Advocacy: Build and present reasoned, data-backed arguments to compare design iterations. You should be able to defend why one architecture is superior to another based on cost, ease of deployment, and long-term…
- Deployment & Field Work: This isn’t a "desk-only" job. You will support on-site work during deployments, ensuring that theoretical designs translate perfectly to real-world installation.
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