Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Zipline
$145-185k
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
$145-185k
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
- You’ve deployed real-time safety-critical systems where runtime and post-mortem analysis were equally supported
- You bear the battle scars of fighting for deterministic behavior in your software... but think the battles are worth fighting anyway
- You know all the tricks to wring performance out of your favorite platform's neural network accelerators -- zero copy, quantization, batching, etc
- You have internalized best practices from working on a codebase with many collaborators, from continuous integration to code review
- You love digging into all levels of your technology stack, whether it’s the build system, the network stack, or the application layer itself
- You know your way around aligning data between sensors--and why, even with the best of planning, it doesn’t always work as expected
- Proficient in C or C++ and Python
- Familiar with running the Linux kernel on resource-constrained systems and with real-time requirements
- Understands what makes code run fast or slow, and how to use multi-core or GPU hardware to make things run fast every time
- Familiarity with the best way to get data in and out of a computer--and keep track of where it went
- Bonus points for experience developing device drivers for microprocessor peripherals or familiarity with Rust
What the job involves
- As an Autonomy Platform engineer you will be responsible for delivering a computer system that enables a highly maneuverable aircraft to dodge power lines that are not on any map, avoid buildings that aren’t shown on satellite photos, stay clear of other aircraft and safely find the right open area to drop life saving supplies
- This will entail conceiving and implementing methods for transporting, processing and storing high-bandwidth data across multiple processors in real-time
- You will need to find the best techniques to run advanced machine learning algorithms on resource constrained embedded hardware
- You will study entire datasheets in order to help select, test, and productionize novel sensors using techniques that produce a flawless stream of output over thousands of flight hours
- Work closely with hardware and embedded software teams to make the right design decisions to ensure the highest-quality data can be acquired, with outstanding reliability and a focus on efficiency in time, cost, and effort
- Hold a relentlessly high bar for quality across a team that tackles a wide domain of software from acoustic signal processing to image capture
- Set examples of best practices and processes so that algorithm developers have the tools they need to understand and optimize their designs, making sure they’re getting the most value out of the hardware onboard
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
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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