Zipline · 2 days ago
Software Engineer - Systems Validation
South San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $180K/yr
4+ years expZipline is looking for software engineers to build the tools and infrastructure that power their systems validation and flight test organizations. The role involves developing software solutions to validate aircraft and ground systems, impacting the quality of hardware and software development.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, 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
Create system-level validation plans from unit testing all the way to flight
Collaborate with flight test engineers, avionics, autonomy, embedded software, and infrastructure teams to define system-level validation strategies
Improve test reliability, debuggability, and signal-to-noise as systems and test volume scale
Qualification
Required
Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience
4+ years of experience in software engineering for complex, hardware-backed, or safety-critical systems
Extensive experience in Python, specifically using test systems (e.g. pytest)
Some experience testing Rust, C++, and C
Extensive experience working with CI/CD systems
Experience working with multimeters, oscilloscopes, and hardware instruments
Experience developing and executing test plans for complex, safety critical, embedded and cloud software
Benefits
Equity compensation
Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
Sales incentives
Benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance
Paid time off
And more
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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