
Zipline
Zipline designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone delivery systems for healthcare, retail, and public-sector customers. The privately held company runs end-to-end logistics—aircraft, software, and fulfillment—to deliver blood, vaccines, medicines, and consumer goods. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Zipline operates across multiple continents; notable work includes Rwanda’s national blood deliveries and U.S. home delivery pilots with Walmart.
Open Positions at Zipline
50 open positions
Build the data visualization, triage, and backend tooling that helps Zipline’s Autonomy teams investigate real-world vehicle data and improve model, hardware, and fleet performance. This role combines scalable APIs, real-time data pipelines, and data-heavy web interfaces for autonomous logistics.
Own the software and automation behind production testers for Zipline’s autonomous aircraft, docks, delivery pods, and hardware assemblies. This hands-on role drives reliable, traceable testing from tester requirements and validation through factory deployment and sustainment.
Design and ship high-performance motor-control firmware for Zipline’s autonomous delivery drones, from bare-metal controllers to flight-test validation. This staff-level role combines embedded software, controls, simulation, and safety-critical systems engineering.
Own flight- and safety-critical embedded software for Zipline’s autonomous delivery aircraft, spanning avionics subsystems, hardware bring-up, diagnostics, and fleet reliability. This staff-level role combines deep embedded systems engineering with end-to-end technical ownership in a mission-critical environment.
Own safety-critical C++ firmware and supporting tools for Zipline’s autonomous delivery aircraft, spanning microcontrollers, embedded Linux computers, real-time behavior, and communication buses. This hybrid role combines low-level firmware development, hardware debugging, and field-scale observability for deployed aircraft.
Own safety-critical C++ firmware and supporting tools for Zipline’s autonomous aircraft, spanning microcontrollers, embedded Linux systems, communications, and real-time performance. This hands-on role also develops Rust tooling and simulations for reliable field deployment at global scale.
Staff Embedded Linux Platform Engineer building the middleware and infrastructure that powers autonomous aircraft flight software. The role owns production Rust and C++ services, platform interfaces, diagnostics, and architecture for reliable safety-critical operations.
Build the routing engine that determines how Zipline’s autonomous aircraft navigate complex airspace in real time. You’ll combine optimization algorithms, distributed systems, and high-reliability backend engineering to directly improve delivery speed, throughput, and safety.
Join Zipline ’s firmware team as a Summer 2027 intern building safety-critical C++ firmware, communication interfaces, and Rust-based tooling for autonomous delivery aircraft. This fully onsite role offers hands-on work across real-time systems, microcontrollers, embedded Linux, and flight operations.
Join Zipline’s firmware team as a Spring 2027 intern building reliable C++ firmware, communication interfaces, and Rust-based tools for autonomous aircraft and delivery systems. This full-time, onsite internship focuses on real-time, safety-critical embedded systems deployed globally.
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