Base Salary
$180k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy perception algorithms for detecting, localizing, and tracking aircraft and tall obstacles.
- Combine deep learning with geometric computer vision to provide robust 3D situational awareness.
- Develop scalable model-training pipelines and rigorous real-world evaluation frameworks.
- Collaborate with systems, flight-test, and validation teams to create end-to-end test plans for safety-critical operations.
- Build debugging, visualization, and field-data analysis tools for triage and root-cause analysis.
- Improve ML models and classical tracking algorithms through simulation and operational feedback.
- Contribute to the architecture and long-term vision of the detect-and-avoid perception system.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience developing and deploying perception systems for autonomous robots, aircraft, or vehicles.
- Expertise in deep-learning models for object detection and tracking, demonstrated through real-world deployments.
- Deep knowledge of geometric computer vision, including stereo vision, depth-from-motion, structure-from-motion, and visual odometry.
- A proven record of resolving performance bottlenecks and operational edge cases.
- Hands-on experience supporting commercially operated autonomous systems and improving reliability in live environments.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills in dynamic, cross-disciplinary, safety-critical engineering environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Potential equity compensation, overtime pay, and discretionary annual or performance bonuses.
- The starting cash range is $180,000-$265,000, with final pay dependent on experience, qualifications, skills, location, and projected impact.
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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/