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Zipline
Full time
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USA
10/24/2026
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South San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Own one or more avionics subsystems, including design, implementation, integration, and production readiness.
Develop and maintain flight- and safety-critical embedded Linux software, including drivers, device bring-up, real-time data interfaces, fault management, and graceful degradation logic.
Define reliability and observability outcomes, instrument systems for flight-data analysis, and monitor field fault rates and regressions.
Lead hardware-in-the-loop, bench, and field validation, including repeatable test plans and failure-insertion exercises.
Build deterministic testing, logging, post-flight analysis, and automated regression tooling for safe fleet deployments.
Triage high-severity field incidents, drive root-cause analysis, implement fixes, and follow through until fleet metrics demonstrate resolution.
Collaborate with avionics hardware, systems engineering, manufacturing, test engineering, and flight operations on integration boundaries, certification inputs, and release criteria.

Requirements

Substantial experience shipping production embedded code in C++ or Rust.
Required experience with embedded Linux; bare-metal or RTOS experience is preferred.
Proven experience deploying and operating embedded software in safety- or mission-critical systems such as aviation, robotics, or industrial controls.
Experience with fault management, deterministic real-time requirements, and software validation strategies.
Ability to read schematics, bring up peripherals from datasheets, and debug hardware/software interactions using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and in-field telemetry.
History of owning subsystem delivery end to end, shipping repeatable test suites, and meeting quantified reliability targets.
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience.
Typically 5+ years of experience in embedded or flight-critical systems, or equivalent demonstrated impact.
Comfort with field testing, occasional travel to flight-test sites, and incident response outside standard hours for critical fleet incidents.

Benefits

Starting cash range of $160,000-$250,000, with level-specific ranges for Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer, and Staff Software Engineer.
Potential equity compensation and discretionary annual or performance bonuses.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance and paid time off.
Occasional travel to flight-test sites and participation in critical incident response outside standard hours may be required.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in tech.

Salary: $160k - $250k/yr

Zipline

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