Zipline
Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Ground Systems
$185K–$255K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing embedded electronics hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
About the job
Leads electrical design and development of high-reliability embedded systems for drone docking, sensing, control, and charging infrastructure from concept through production and field deployment.
What you'll do
- Own dock sensing and control electrical design through requirements, prototyping, schematic capture, PCB layout, validation, and production.
- Lead architecture and trade studies, manage design risks, and improve system- and component-level designs.
- Collaborate across engineering teams and support manufacturing, certification, troubleshooting, and field validation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing embedded electronics hardware.
- Experience developing electronics for critical systems, such as energy, transportation, or medical devices.
- Design experience with mixed-signal and high-speed digital PCB, microprocessors, Ethernet, power electronics, motor drives, MCU communications, schematic capture, PCB layout, and simulation tools; must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with UL, IEC, and other electrical safety standards.
- Strong lab skills and familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power analyzers, LCR meters, function generators, and spectrum analyzers.
Pay
$185,000 - $255,000 USD starting cash range; plus additional equity (amount not stated).
Tools
Altium, SPICE, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, MCU
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