Zipline · 1 day ago
Senior GNC Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expZipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move, focusing on solving urgent access challenges through innovative delivery systems. The Senior GNC Engineer will be responsible for modeling, developing, and testing flight software systems to ensure autonomous mission completion and improve product performance.
DeliveryDronesElectric VehicleHome Health CareLogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Develop dynamic models of complex systems and components that are core to our high fidelity 6DOF simulation
Analyze and improve the performance of existing and future vehicle designs through a combination of simulation and flight tests
Play a key role in deriving and verifying requirements for both hardware components and software interfaces, while balancing the technical need and broader product prerequisites as well as safety and regulatory standards
Identify and develop processes and tools to improve efficiency and protect against regressions
Design and implement onboard integrity tests to monitor how well the aircraft is flying and aid in understanding off-nominal performance and flight failures, both in research and validation flights, as well as in the production fleet
Work in a high performing team, sharing your experience and improving efficiency while developing the next generation of logistics
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5+ years of industry experience designing control, estimation algorithms and implementing them into embedded systems with the help of simulation tools to analyze performance
Professional experience in one or more of the following areas: flight dynamics and control, dynamic modeling of complex physical systems, model identification, statistical analysis. Ideally you will have used your skills in these areas to successfully ship one or more complex products
Demonstrate enthusiasm and proficiency in both simulation practices and hands-on work with hardware, spanning from bench-level experimentation to comprehensive flight tests
Software skills in both technical computing (MATLAB, SciPi, Julia, etc) and embedded software (Rust, C, C++), with experience working in a large, complex, multi-developer environment
Benefits
Equity compensation
Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
Sales incentives
Benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance
Paid time off
Company
Zipline
Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$971MKey Investors
U.S. Department of StateThe Rise FundKatalyst Ventures
2025-11-25Grant· $150M
2023-04-28Series F· $330M
2021-06-30Series E· $250M
Leadership Team
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Co-founder & CEO
Keenan Wyrobek
Founder, CTO and Product Architect
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