Senior Staff Electrical Architect

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline seeks a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to own critical electrical systems from architecture through production ramp and fleet operation for its Dropbox platform. You will shape power distribution, sensing, connectors, and diagnostics while collaborating with safety, firmware, and manufacturing teams.

Based in South San Francisco, this in‑person role requires hands‑on execution, design reviews, and delivering robust electrical solutions across multiple product variants and deployments.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of electrical systems from architecture to field deployment.
• Experience designing electronics for systems with motors, sensors, and interconnects.
• Strong fundamentals in analog/digital, power, grounding, shielding, and EMI/EMC.

Responsibilities

• Own critical Dropbox electrical systems from requirements to field deployment and maintenance.
• Develop power distribution, control electronics, sensors, actuators, and diagnostics.
• Define verification plans and drive design reviews, hazard analyses, and production readiness.

Skills

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Power distribution

Sensors and actuators

PCB design and schematics

Debugging and fault analysis

Telemetry data analysis (Python/SQL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

MATLAB

Data acquisition tools

Job description

Zipline seeks a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to own critical electrical systems from architecture through production ramp and fleet operation for its Dropbox platform. You will shape power distribution, sensing, connectors, and diagnostics while collaborating with safety, firmware, and manufacturing teams.

Based in South San Francisco, this in‑person role requires hands‑on execution, design reviews, and delivering robust electrical solutions across multiple product variants and deployments.