Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer — Ground Systems

Job overview

The Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer — Ground Systems role is onsite in South San Francisco, CA. The starting cash range is $185,000–$255,000 per year, plus additional equity. Zipline’s mission is to provide access to food, medicine, and essential goods through its autonomous drone delivery system. The engineer leads electrical design and development for drone charging and docking infrastructure, taking systems from concept through production and deployment. The work supports reliable ground infrastructure for Zipline’s autonomous delivery operations and involves cross-functional engineering collaboration.

What you'll do

• Own electrical design of dock sensing and control architecture through requirements, prototyping, schematic capture, layout, and validation
• shape next-generation product architecture
• lead trade studies and risk reduction
• identify system- and component-level improvements
• collaborate with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers through concept, design, validation, production, and deployment
• occasionally travel for supplier and manufacturer visits, product deployment, and field validation.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior/staff electrical engineer

ground systems

south san francisco ca

$185k–$255k/year

drone infrastructure

power electronics

embedded systems

pcb design

dock sensing and control

zipline

occasional travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Additional equity
• in-office meals
• subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• monthly cellphone and wellness stipend.

Why this role

Senior-level hands-on role spanning the full electrical system development cycle; occasional travel is specified.

About the employer

Zipline is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.