Hardware Test Automation Lead, Zipline
$160-200k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
Transforming the way goods move
Open for applications
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$160-200k
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up access to emergency medical care to everyone in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Expert-level Python development; this is the tool used daily in this role
- Intermediate C/C++, familiarity with microcontrollers and embedded compute modules
- Track record of deploying critical software in a production environment, including experience with Git and CI tools
- Experience developing software that interfaces directly with hardware
- Experience solving multidisciplinary problems with little supervision as an individual or member of an integrated team
- Familiarity with electrical engineering concepts and ability to troubleshoot basic electrical engineering test setups
- Ability and desire to manage timelines and a wide range of incoming development requests
What the job involves
- The Powertrain team is a multi-disciplinary hardware and software team responsible for designing the electric drivetrain at the heart of our life-saving drone delivery service, operating in some of the harshest environments on earth
- As a Test Automation Lead at Zipline you will have the unique opportunity to lead a team through developing, and deploying high quality software that will power our automated testers for all our next-generation systems
- Through developing these tests your team will gain a deep understanding of our full avionics stack and the embedded code that lives in them, including flight computers, power distribution boards, battery management systems, and motor controllers
- You will also interface with large mechatronics systems and need to develop complex scripts that automate many sensors and actuators with operator safety in mind
- Your team will own these systems from early prototype design all the way to field root-cause, driving schedules, managing vendors and bridging cross-functional teams around a reliability focus
- Most importantly, all of this work you will take on will be the last line of defense before our vehicles are shipped all over the world to perform vital deliveries
- Hire, lead, and mentor the software/hardware test engineering department responsible for powertrain performance and reliability testing, including building this function within the department and setting the bar for performance and reliability testing
- Develop automated test infrastructure used in End-of-line (EOL) and reliability testing
- Develop UIs and data visualization tools to improve the quality of insights provided to hardware test engineers
- Contribute functionality to Zipline's custom hardware test framework, including tools for deploying testers to remote production sites, visualization, data management, and part tracking
- Work with hardware test engineers on the architecture of hardware test setups, including instrumentation selection, software architecture, and data processing pipelines
- Develop software to improve hardware test coverage, touch time, and throughput
- Champion the deployment of hardware testers to distributed production sites and sub-suppliers, interfacing directly with contract manufacturers, and working through IT, networking, and security for production test
- Draw on electromechanical experiences to root cause test anomalies, including combinations of hardware and software failures
Our take
Zipline is transforming the way goods move by creating the first logistics system that serves all humans equally via a drone delivery service. As the first emergency drone logistics operation, Zipline is fundamentally changing how we transport emergency medical supplies and has expanded into commercial deliveries. It's partnered with several major companies, including Walmart.
Zipline has an edge over potential future competitors as the company has thousands of hours and over 35 million miles of flight to prove the system is safe and effective. It’s also one of the first companies to receive a full commercial operating certificate, putting Zipline in a strong position to continuously branch out to other markets.
The unicorn company operates globally and has signed its first government contract with Rwanda to provide up to 2 million drone deliveries by 2029. It is also aiming to start commercial deliveries to individual households in the near future. With big companies such as Amazon and Walmart examining “instant” delivery options, Zipline has a proven track record and the equipment and logistics in place to provide such services. 2023 funding pushed Zipline's valuation to a staggering $4.2 billion, indicating a bright future.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2023
$330m
SERIES F
Jul 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $813.7m
Company benefits
- Generous parental leave
- Generous vacation policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly team events
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Healthy, delicious meals and snacks
- Dog-friendly offices
Company values
- Customer obsession - The standard of care
- Ownership - Getting the job done
- Transparency - Breeds trust
- Continuous improvement - Tackling hard problems
- Serve Your Species - Empowering one another
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Having studied Economics and Biotechnology at Harvard, they worked for almost 11 months as a self-employed rock climber. They combined their academic and practical experience to co-found Zipline in July 2011.
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