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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Aug 21, 2026
Salary
$160,000–$225,000 a year
Full-time

Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Avionics

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

  • 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.
  • Work with mechanical engineering on packaging, connectorization, cable routing, weight, thermal constraints, environmental exposure, and serviceability.
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