# Embedded Firmware Engineer at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/7989547003?gh_jid=7989547003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-embedded-firmware-engineer/

## About the role

Zipline aircraft depend on embedded firmware to execute critical flight and safety functions across a network of microcontrollers and embedded Linux computers. This software must perform reliably as aircraft move from manufacturing into delivery operations at field sites around the world, including locations that are difficult to access over a network.

## What they're looking for

- Design and build C++ firmware for a distributed system of aircraft microcontrollers
- Develop reliable Ethernet, serial, and other microcontroller communication interfaces
- Define platform-level interfaces and reusable firmware components that support multiple aircraft subsystems
- Own the predictable and reliable performance of our microcontroller systems and the communication buses that connect them, across startup, real-time operation, fault handling, and recovery
- Optimize real-time behavior, including CPU utilization, memory usage, scheduling latency, timing jitter, and resource contention
- Develop metrics, monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities to prepare the system for field deployment at scale

Tags: Flight SW