# Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Dropbox 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: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $145K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/7931385003?gh_jid=7931385003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-senior-staff-electrical-engineer-dropbox/

## About the role

Zipline builds and operates autonomous delivery systems that move critical goods reliably and safely. Dropbox is our customer-facing package-loading product that integrates mechatronics, sensors, electronics, access control, user interaction, firmware, and environmental protection so untrained users can hand off packages to our droids. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Own critical Dropbox electrical systems from requirements and architecture through production release and field deployment
- Develop electrical architecture for power distribution, control electronics, sensors, actuators, user interfaces, communications, and service diagnostics
- Translate product behavior, safety analyses, environmental conditions, mechanical interfaces, and field workflows into electrical requirements
- Define electrical success metrics such as power consumption, sensing coverage, fault-detection performance, environmental margin, production yield, and field reliability
- Select and integrate sensors, motors, actuators, motor drivers, power supplies, converters, protection devices, connectors, harnesses, and communications interfaces
- Design or guide the development of PCBAs, schematics, layouts, cables, wiring harnesses, interconnects, and electrical assembly documentation

Tags: Hardware

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-senior-staff-electrical-engineer-dropbox/