Zipline-posted 3 days ago
Full-time • Mid Level
South San Francisco, CA
1,001-5,000 employees

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. Our work spans everything from integrating real avionics, sensors, actuators, and radios with high-fidelity simulated environments in bench-top Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) setups, to building applications that plan, orchestrate, and evaluate thousands of automated nominal and off-nominal real-world flight tests every day. This role directly impacts the speed, confidence, and quality of hardware and software development at Zipline. In this role, you will develop a deep understanding of Zipline’s end-to-end logistics system and work closely with cross-functional partners who rely on your tools to deliver reliable, flight-ready software. Most importantly, the systems you build will serve as the final line of defense before software and hardware is deployed globally to perform critical, real-world deliveries.

  • 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.
  • 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.
© 2024 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service