Software Engineer - Systems Validation
ZiplineSouth San Francisco, California, United States
Posted April 23, 2026
150000 - 180000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service, on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
Job Description
Zipline is looking for software engineers to build the tools and infrastructure that power our systems validation and flight test organizations. This team develops precise, efficient, and scalable software solutions used to validate aircraft and ground systems at every level.
Requirements
- 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
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
- Sales incentives
- Equity compensation