Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Long-Range Platform

Job overview

The Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Long-Range Platform role is onsite in South San Francisco, CA. The starting cash range is $175,000–$255,000 per year. The role supports Zipline’s long-range drone platform engineering team, which designs aircraft and ground systems for launch and recovery. Zipline’s delivery system brings critical supplies to communities around the world.

What you'll do

• Own electrical subsystem design from requirements and prototypes through schematic capture, layout, validation, production, and field support
• lead trade studies and risk reduction
• collaborate with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers across concept, design, validation, production, and deployment
• troubleshoot field issues and incorporate learnings into future revisions
• occasionally travel for supplier and manufacturer visits, deployment, and field validation.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior/staff electrical engineer

long-range platform

electrical engineering

drone hardware

pcb design

schematic capture

pcb layout

hardware validation

south san francisco ca

zipline

$175k–$255k/year

occasional travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Compensation package may include equity, discretionary annual or performance bonuses, sales incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance, and paid time off.

Why this role

Develop hardware for a next-generation platform within a live production system. Requires a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and at least four years designing complex PCBAs; must be eligible to work in the US and work at the South San Francisco office.

About the employer

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