Zipline · 4 days ago
Electrical Engineering Manager - Ground Systems
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $220K/yr
8+ years expZipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move, and they are seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager to lead the Ground Systems team. This role involves managing a team responsible for designing and developing hardware solutions for autonomous delivery drones, ensuring safety and efficiency in logistics.
DeliveryDronesElectric VehicleHome Health CareLogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Be the electrical engineering technical leader for ground systems design including low voltage electronics and PCBA development, power electronics and RF systems
Build your teams by hiring and coaching world class electrical engineering design and test teams
Drive architectural decisions and manage the requirements of the next-generation of Zipline’s ground system hardware to deliver safe, reliable, high volume and low cost products
Design and validate to relevant North American and international safety and certification standards for scaled deployments
Allocate resources within your team to the electrical engineering projects
Create and manage milestones and deliverables with your team
Maintain visibility across the hardware your team owns, and have the ability to deep dive into projects and challenges
Liaise with other technical leaders both within and outside of the Ground Systems Hardware team (Mechanical Design, Embedded Systems, Validation & Test, Field Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and more)
Leverage your technical leadership experience in hardware design to establish a team culture that biases towards action and tests ideas to achieve radically simple designs
Motivate your team with a clear vision and create ambitious plans for your team’s work while holding a high bar for technical quality
Establish best practices, standards, and design and release review processes that enable both high speed development and rigorous execution
Qualification
Required
8+ years of demonstrated experience with electronics designs and system integration
2+ year leading a technical engineering team, and direct hiring management experience finding great talent
Experience working with products across various stages of development, from prototype to high volume production
Ability to operate in ambiguous and fast paced environments with demonstrated experience in handling priorities and collaborating across a complex organization
Demonstrated expertise with low voltage digital circuit design and/or power electronics design
You're hands-on with hardware; you know your way around tools like oscilloscopes and signal generators
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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