Senior Power Electronics Engineer - Ground Systems
Senior power electronics engineer on Zipline's Ground Systems team, designing drone charging and docking infrastructure end to end — from requirements and schematic capture (Altium) through validation and volume production of AC-DC/DC-DC converters and battery charging systems.
- Compensation
- $170K–$245K / yr
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Hardware
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing power electronics hardware (AC-DC, DC-DC, battery charging)
- Strong understanding of high-voltage power semiconductors like SiC or Si MOSFETs
- Deep knowledge of circuit topologies for AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion
- Design experience with MCU and digital communications (Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART)
- Proficiency in schematic capture, PCB layout, and simulation tools (Altium, SPICE)
- Familiarity with UL, IEC, and other electrical safety standards
- Strong lab skills with test equipment (oscilloscope, digital multimeter, power analyzer, LCR meter, function generator, spectrum analyzer)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering disciplines
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Nice to have
- Experience with EMI filter design and inductor/transformer design
Full description
About Zipline
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
About You and The Role Zipline is seeking a senior-level electrical engineer to lead the design and development of high-performance power electronics systems that support our drone charging and docking infrastructure.
The Ground Systems team at Zipline is in charge of all the infrastructures on the ground supporting our autonomous delivery drones with automatic docking, battery charging, thermal management, ground communication and preflight check. This role is central to enable our next generation of drone logistics, solving complex challenges in power distribution, power conversion, battery charging, high performance microprocessor, high-speed network communication and system-level integration. You'll bring deep technical expertise in power electronics to help shape Zipline’s global infrastructure as we scale.
In addition, you’ll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to own the electrical system development from concept to production. This is a hands-on engineering role, ideal for someone who wants to push the limits of hardware in the real world.
What You'll Do
- Own the electrical design of Zipline’s drone charging systems for volume production through a full design cycle including requirements, prototype, schematic capture, layout, and validation.