Zipline · 2 days ago
Autonomy Software Engineer, Differential GNSS
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$200K/yr - $265K/yrZipline is a company that uses drones to deliver critical and lifesaving medicine to hospitals around the world. They are seeking an Autonomy Software Engineer to design and implement systems for GNSS data integration and reliability, ensuring their vehicles operate effectively in various conditions.
DeliveryDronesElectric VehicleHome Health CareLogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Extract the maximum value from the observations of our GNSS hardware: integrating all the data available from our ground station network when available, but also building robust systems which handle extended communications outages without a large amount of drift
Design systems which deal with intermittent GNSS availability, ensuring our vehicle can make use of both GNSS and vision data, while handling failures in either one at any time
Perform trade studies to understand the value of new sensors or processing approaches to vehicle performance and reliability
Analyze the performance of systems both in simulation and using data from vehicles operating in the field to find under-performing facets of the system, and devise solutions which bring them up to speed
Participate in code review with a strong and capable team of engineers building highly reliable software in the Rust programming language
Qualification
Required
A degree in physics or an engineering discipline
Experience with state estimation, probabilistic filtering, GNSS RTK and raw measurements, IMU data, sensor modeling and simulation
Understanding of calculus, linear algebra, non-linear optimization, and computational numerical methods
Experience in building high performance software systems using compiled languages (C/C++/Rust/Ada/etc.)
The capability to solve complex problems with little supervision as part of an integrated team
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
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.
Founded in 2011
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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