Senior Electrical Engineer, Long-Range Drone Platform

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking an electrical engineer to own the volume production electrical design of PCBAs—from requirements and prototype to layout, validation and production readiness. You will collaborate with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers across design, validation, and deployment, and you may travel to supplier visits and field validation as needed.

This hands-on role requires strong first-principles engineering and a passion for fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; strong first-principles engineering.
• At least 4 years designing complex PCBAs with full lifecycle.
• Experience with high-speed designs and battery pack systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical design for volume production through a design cycle including requirements, prototype, schematic capture, layout, and validation.
• Make impactful design decisions daily with a high level of independence.
• Lead trade studies, understand competing design priorities, and provide direction to reduce risk.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers in all stages of development.
• Travel occasionally to support supplier visits, product deployment, and field validation.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic capture

Mixed signal design

High speed design

Battery pack design (BMS)

BLDC motor drives

Embedded communications (SPI,I2C,UART,

Ethernet/LVDS

First principles engineering

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

DMM

TDR

LCR meter

Network Analyzer

PCB prototyping tools

Job description

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking an electrical engineer to own the volume production electrical design of PCBAs—from requirements and prototype to layout, validation and production readiness. You will collaborate with reliability, mechanical, embedded, and systems engineers across design, validation, and deployment, and you may travel to supplier visits and field validation as needed.

This hands-on role requires strong first-principles engineering and a passion for fast-paced