2 months ago
South San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$130k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Hardware-in-the-Loop test infrastructure integrating aircraft hardware with simulated systems and environments.
- Develop software tools, frameworks, and services for large-scale automated and semi-automated system validation.
- Support a high-throughput flight test organization running thousands of regression and off-nominal tests daily.
- Write and maintain test software, drivers, and interfaces for embedded and Linux-based systems.
- Support test framework architecture and continuous improvements.
- Debug validation failures spanning simulation, hardware, firmware, and application software.
- Collaborate with flight test, systems, avionics, autonomy, and embedded software teams on system-level validation strategies.
- Improve test reliability, debuggability, and signal-to-noise as system complexity and test volume increase.
Requirements
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with complex, hardware-backed, safety-critical systems.
- Extensive Python experience, specifically with software test systems such as pytest.
- Experience testing Rust and/or C embedded systems.
- Extensive experience working with CI/CD.
- Experience developing and executing test plans for complex, safety-critical, embedded, and cloud software.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly learn new systems for testing purposes.
Benefits
- Equity compensation may be included in the total compensation package.
- Discretionary annual or performance bonuses may be included.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available.
- Paid time off is available.
- Additional benefits may be provided.
About 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.