Responsibilities
- Own delivery of SIL, HIL, EOLT, and bench test systems from prototype through production deployment and field sustainment.
- Define schedules, acceptance criteria, production-readiness requirements, and measurable test targets.
- Architect, implement, and maintain software for test-sequence orchestration, data capture, analysis, reporting, automation, and dashboards.
- Integrate test software with boards, sensors, calibration systems, motion systems, power systems, and DAQ instruments.
- Lead failure investigations and root-cause analysis for test and production issues, driving corrective actions to closure.
- Define and enforce test standards, pass/fail criteria, and validation protocols across products and production lines.
- Own CI and validation pipelines that gate changes to flight or manufacturing systems.
- Deploy and scale test systems in collaboration with embedded firmware, hardware, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and field operations teams.
- Coordinate vendor hardware and field installations when required.
- Support production escalations, on-call rotations, and urgent in-factory or field troubleshooting.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building integration or test software that interfaces with hardware.
- Strong Python and C/C++ programming skills.
- Linux system administration experience and experience with CI, Git, and test automation frameworks.
- Hands-on embedded systems experience, including board bring-up, instrumentation, oscilloscopes, DAQ, power analyzers, and interpreting datasheets.
- Required experience with HIL, SIL, and EOL test architectures.
- Experience building automation for factory or safety-critical environments and delivering against production schedules and quality targets.
- Demonstrated ownership of cross-disciplinary test or integration programs from end to end.
- Track record of shipping systems with quantified improvements in throughput, yield, defect reduction, or reliability.
- Ability to make cross-functional technical decisions, write clear acceptance criteria, and work with engineering and operations stakeholders.
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations, meet high-impact deadlines, and travel to manufacturing or distribution sites as needed.
- Ability to work primarily onsite in South San Francisco and regularly from the office.
- Candidates should discuss work authorization and visa sponsorship needs during the hiring process.
Benefits
- Primarily onsite in South San Francisco with regular office attendance required.
- Typical travel up to 20% during the first year, with possible increases during launches or product transitions.
- Regular production-support on-call rotations and occasional urgent in-factory or field troubleshooting.
- Visa sponsorship is available.
- Equal opportunity employer that welcomes candidates from traditionally underrepresented groups.
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/