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About the Role

Zipline is seeking an electrical engineer to join the long-range platform engineering team. This role involves owning electrical subsystems end-to-end, from architecture development and schematic design through bring-up, validation, production, and field support. You will develop hardware for our next-generation platform architecture, designing electronics in areas such as Microprocessors, high-speed communication, GNSS, brushless DC motor drives, power supply, and battery. You will collaborate closely with firmware, mechanical, systems, manufacturing, and operations teams to deliver hardware that balances practical constraints with elegant solutions.

Responsibilities

Own the electrical design for volume production through a design cycle including requirements, prototype, schematic capture, layout, and validation.
Make impactful design decisions daily, while working with a high level of independence.
Lead trade studies, understand competing design priorities, and provide direction and clarity for burning down risk.
Collaborate cross-functionally with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers in all stages of development.
Travel occasionally to support supplier and manufacturer visits, product deployment, and field validation.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with a strong foundation in first principles engineering.
Minimum 4 years experience designing complex PCBAs, including: circuit analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, packaging, integration, production, and board-level validation.
Experience with at least some of the following areas: Mixed signal design and high speed design, Lithium Ion battery pack design (BMS, safety, power distribution, etc.), BLDC motor drives, Basic embedded communications busses (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), Higher speed communications (e.g. Ethernet, LVDS).
Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, hands on, collaborative, cross-functional environment.
A desire to spend time in the engineering lab and experience with common lab equipment, such as an Oscilloscope, DMM, TDR, LCR, Network Analyzer, etc.
Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical challenges to both fellow engineers and non-engineers alike.
Must be eligible to work in the US.
Must be able to work at Zipline’s South San Francisco office.

Skills

Electrical Engineering
First principles engineering
PCBA design
Circuit analysis
Schematic capture
PCB layout
Packaging
Integration
Production
Board-level validation
Mixed signal design
High speed design
Lithium Ion battery pack design
BMS
Power distribution
BLDC motor drives
Embedded communications busses
SPI
I2C
UART
CAN
Higher speed communications
Ethernet
LVDS
Engineering lab
Oscilloscope
DMM
TDR
LCR
Network Analyzer
Communication skills

Location

South San Francisco

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

Minimum 4 years experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Salary/Compensations

$160,000 - $235,000

Benefits

Equity compensation
Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
Sales incentives
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off

About the Company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
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.
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 thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth.
Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.

Equal Opportunity

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech.
As set forth in Zipline ’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.