Head of Hardware Systems & Deployment

Zipline; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 190.000 - 270.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Zipline is seeking a Senior Hardware Leader to drive the Dropbox hardware system from architecture through design, validation, launch, and scalable deployment. You will own hardware execution across ME, EE, test, and technicians, while guiding system-level tradeoffs for throughput, safety, and cost.

You will collaborate with firmware, autonomy, RF, cloud, and operations to deliver deployments at partner sites.

Formación

• Experience with electromechanical products involving motion, sensing, harnessing, safety interlocks, environmental exposure, and production validation.
• Strong product judgment around user experience, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost, not just first-article performance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage hardware development from architecture through builds, test, supplier engagement, manufacturing handoff, and field support.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary hardware teams and challenging world-class engineers to deliver high-quality results within fast product cycles.
• Ability to operate across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, regulatory, and leadership stakeholders.
• Clear written and verbal communication around technical risk, decision logs, trade studies, and launch readiness.

Responsabilidades

• Lead mechanical, electrical, test, and technician teams from architecture through design, validation, launch, and deployment.
• Own Dropbox hardware execution across ME, EE, test, technician work, integration, validation, and release readiness.
• Lead system-level architecture tradeoffs across throughput, reliability, safety, installability, manufacturability, serviceability, regulatory impact, and cost per site.
• Drive hardware path from prototype to production-intent design including mechanisms, enclosure, sensing, harnessing, power, electronics, and test coverage.
• Build the hardware team’s operating system: priorities, staffing, design gates, review cadence, and escalation paths.
• Manage technical risk across moving mechanisms, dynamic harnesses, motor/sensor architecture, and field service.
• Partner with firmware, autonomy, RF, cloud, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, regulatory, and customer-facing teams to enable deployments at partner sites.
• Create durable validation evidence for mechanical safety, electrical safety, environmental robustness, and site compatibility.

Conocimientos

Hardware leadership

System architecture

Mechanical & electrical engineering

Test & validation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Risk management

Team building

Descripción del empleo

Zipline is seeking a Senior Hardware Leader to drive the Dropbox hardware system from architecture through design, validation, launch, and scalable deployment. You will own hardware execution across ME, EE, test, and technicians, while guiding system-level tradeoffs for throughput, safety, and cost.

You will collaborate with firmware, autonomy, RF, cloud, and operations to deliver deployments at partner sites.