Software Integration Engineer Autonomous Systems (San Francisco)

Software Integration Engineer Autonomous Systems

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Job Summary:

Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move, building the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally. They are seeking a deeply technical Software Integration Engineer to take ownership of autonomy features and push them into production, working across planning, perception, and controls subsystems to ensure robust performance and safety in their autonomous delivery network.

Responsibilities:

Drive system-level integration of complex autonomy features, spanning embedded flight software, real-time behavior logic, and mission-critical runtime systems.

Own feature development from architecture to field validation, collaborating with autonomy, controls, and platform software teams to define robust, testable solutions.

Implement and maintain core vehicle software in Rust and C++, with a focus on performance, safety, and observability in safety-critical environments.

Build and scale the infrastructure required to validate, simulate, and deploy autonomy behaviors across real-world fleets and global flight zones.

Develop tooling to support software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing for rapid iteration and safe experimentation.

Partner with systems engineering and autonomy teams to define real-world success metrics and build the interfaces and logging infrastructure to track them.

Provide technical leadership across the autonomy organizationdriving best practices, elevating integration quality, and mentoring engineers on deep-stack ownership.

Qualifications:

Required:

8+ years of experience delivering production software in robotics, aerospace, autonomous vehicles, or other safety-critical embedded systems.

Deep fluency in Rust, C++, or C with a focus on high-performance, fault-tolerant applications.

Strong systems-thinking mindset, with demonstrated ability to integrate cross-disciplinary software under tight constraints (e.g. timing, safety, power).

Hands-on experience with robotics testing infrastructure, including SIL/HIL, log replay tooling, scenario validation, or embedded simulation.

A track record of success building and deploying autonomy features into real-world robots, drones, or vehicles operating under noisy, dynamic conditions.

Comfort navigating and owning ambiguity in hardware/software co-design environments, defining clear interfaces and iteration strategies from high-level goals.

Passion for enabling robust autonomy developmentthrough testable code, clear debugging signals, and excellent internal tooling.

Company:

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products. Founded in 2011, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, team size 1001-5000 employees, currently Late Stage. Zipline has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Software Development

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