Senior Electrical Engineer - Powertrain

Zipline is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to develop power electronics focused avionics for their next generation aircraft. The role involves architecting and designing electronics, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the safety and reliability of the systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in board level design, experience with power electronics, and excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Hardware Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of design experience including: circuit analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, packaging, and integration.
• Past success developing electronics for critical systems in fields such as aerospace, transportation, or medical devices.
• Experience with at least some of these desired: Hard-switching power converters, Resonant power converters, Motor drives, Voltage, current, and temperature sensing analog front ends, Simple digital logic, Basic embedded communications busses (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), Higher speed communications (e.g. Ethernet, LVDS).
• Enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical challenges to both fellow engineers and non-engineers alike.
• Must be eligible to work in the US.
• Must be able to work at Zipline’s South San Francisco office.

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• Sales incentives
• Benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• More