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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Manufacturing
Posted
Jul 20, 2026
Salary
$120,000–$195,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Flight Test Engineer

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

  • Develop and lead end-to-end flight test campaigns validating aircraft performance, delivery and pick up operations, docking systems, and fleet orchestration.
  • Define system-level objectives, success criteria, and test plans with mechanical, electrical, software, systems and operations partners.
  • Assess hardware and software readiness, evaluate risk posture, and make flight-readiness decisions before test execution.
  • Analyze flight data to identify anomalies, trends, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Produce deployment-readiness recommendations and prioritized corrective actions from campaign evidence.
  • Build and integrate automated test tooling that improves test precision, insight, capacity, and velocity.
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