Senior Electrical Engineer, Drone Dock & Power Systems

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Zipline is seeking a senior-level electrical engineer to lead the design and development of high-reliability embedded systems that power our drone charging and docking infrastructure. The Ground Systems team handles ground infrastructure for autonomous delivery drones, including docking, battery charging, thermal management, and high-speed networking.

You will contribute deep power-electronics expertise to scale Zipline’s global infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing embedded electronics hardware (microcontrollers, sensors, communication networks).
• Design experience with mixed-signal PCB, high-speed digital PCB, microprocessor, ethernet, power electronics, and motor drive.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design of Zipline’s dock sensing and control architecture for volume production through a full design cycle.
• Shape the architecture of Zipline’s next generation product, enabling high independence in design decisions.
• Lead trade studies and provide direction to reduce risk.
• Collaborate with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers at all stages from concept to production and deployment.

Skills

Power electronics

Embedded hardware

PCB design

Schematic capture

MCU programming

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

SPICE

Oscilloscope

Job description

Zipline is seeking a senior-level electrical engineer to lead the design and development of high-reliability embedded systems that power our drone charging and docking infrastructure. The Ground Systems team handles ground infrastructure for autonomous delivery drones, including docking, battery charging, thermal management, and high-speed networking.

You will contribute deep power-electronics expertise to scale Zipline’s global infrastructure.