Base Salary
$155k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design estimators and controllers for propulsion motors and actuators in collaboration with the vehicle controls team.
- Implement motor-control firmware in C++ for bare-metal ARM microcontrollers.
- Write peripheral drivers for new motor-controller hardware revisions.
- Validate firmware on the bench and during flight tests.
- Develop fault-management strategies and hardware-in-the-loop tests to improve flight software reliability.
- Build vehicle simulations in Rust for firmware validation and regression testing.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers to bring up and validate inverter designs.
- Build and maintain automated fleet-performance monitoring systems to direct maintenance activity.
Requirements
- Fluency in C and C++.
- Willingness to write production tooling in Rust and Python.
- Some experience with mechatronic control systems, including hobby or professional experience.
- Ability to work across bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments.
- Experience supporting real-world robotic systems, including handling edge cases and rare events for safety, reliability, and performance.
- Systems-engineering mindset and ability to solve problems beyond a core technical area.
- Strong executive communication skills for communicating with nontechnical-domain stakeholders.
- Ability to work on-site in South San Francisco, California.
- Background in electronics design is appreciated but not required.
Benefits
- Starting cash range is $155,000-$225,000.
- Potential total compensation includes equity compensation and discretionary annual or performance bonuses.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance and paid time off.
- The role is on-site in South San Francisco, California.
- Zipline is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from traditionally underrepresented groups in tech.
About Zipline
Zipline was founded to create the first logistics system that serves all humans equally. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated delivery system. Zipline serves tens of millions of people around the world and is making good on the promise of building an equitable and more resilient global supply chain. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart and enabling leading healthcare providers to bring care into the home in the United States, Zipline is transforming the way goods move. By transitioning to clean, electric, instant logistics, we can decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, and reduce fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access for billions of people. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Zipline is inspiring people, governments, and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information. To join the team, check out our career page: https://flyzipline.com/careers/