Software Systems Validation Engineer
ZiplineSouth San Francisco, California, United States
Posted April 30, 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 seeking a Software Systems Validation Engineer to lead end-to-end software evaluation of their autonomous drone delivery system. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or software validation, and proficiency in scripting and programming languages for safety-critical applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of Software Development, Software Systems Engineering or Software Validation experience working with robotic systems
- Experience developing nominal, adversarial, stress and edge case testing for robotics applications
- Experience working with large data sets in production pipelines
- Experience root causing failures in complex, autonomous, robotic systems
- Proficiency in scripting (python, sql) and programming languages for safety critical applications (MISRA C, Rust, C++)
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Overtime pay
- Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
- Sales incentives
- Benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance
- Paid time off