Zipline
RF Test Engineer (Senior - Staff)
$145K–$220K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of RF engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, with focus on RF Comms and Design.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be eligible to work in the US.
About the job
Designs and validates RF communication and navigation systems and their manufacturing tests for Zipline aircraft, supporting certification, production, and field-failure investigation.
What you'll do
- Own RF product design-validation and manufacturing-test planning; drive test campaigns through certification and production.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors to deploy test plans and systems for production timelines.
- Analyze and root-cause field failures, and support aircraft certification testing.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of RF engineering experience, including manufacturing test, system performance testing, certification, and design validation.
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, focused on RF communications and design.
- Experience designing and validating test assets for RF products in high-volume production; experience with test plans, requirements, standards, and criteria for hardware and RF systems.
- Strong communication-system fundamentals and proficiency in Python, Linux, and scripting languages such as Bash or Shell.
Nice to have
- Test engineering experience with sensors and electronics for critical systems in automotive, aerospace, transportation, or medical devices.
- Experience with one or more of Wi-Fi, Cell, GNSS, ADS-B, UWB, Radar, or similar consumer electronics wireless protocols.
Pay
$145,000 - $220,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Linux, Bash, Shell, Wi-Fi, Cell, GNSS, ADS-B
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