Zipline · 1 week ago
Software Engineer - Systems Validation
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $180K/yr
4+ years expZipline is looking for software engineers to build tools and infrastructure for their systems validation and flight test organizations. The role involves developing software solutions for validating aircraft and ground systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and impacting the quality of hardware and software development.
DeliveryDronesElectric VehicleHome Health CareLogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain HIL test infrastructure that integrates real aircraft hardware with simulated systems and environments
Develop software tools, frameworks, and services to enable large-scale automated and semi-automated system validation
Support a high-throughput flight test organization running thousands of daily tests, from targeted regression tests to rare off-nominal scenarios
Write and maintain test software, drivers, and interfaces for embedded and Linux-based systems
Support test framework architecture designs and improvements
Debug complex validation failures spanning simulation, hardware, firmware, and application software
Collaborate with flight test engineers, systems engineers, avionics, autonomy and embedded software teams to define system-level validation strategies
Improve test reliability, debuggability, and signal-to-noise as systems and test volume scale
Qualification
Required
4+ years of experience in software engineering for complex, hardware-backed, safety-critical systems
Extensive experience in Python, specifically using test systems (e.g. pytest)
Experience testing Rust and/or C embedded systems
Extensive experience working with CI/CD
Experience developing and executing test plans for complex, safety critical, embedded and cloud software
Strong problem-solving and ability to quickly learn a new system for testing purposes
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
$1.92BKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementU.S. Department of StateScottish Mortgage Investment Trust
2026-01-21Series Unknown· $600M
2025-11-25Grant· $150M
2024-06-01Series G· $350M
Leadership Team
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Co-founder & CEO
Keenan Wyrobek
Founder, CTO and Product Architect
Recent News
2026-01-23
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