# Senior/Staff Linux Kernel Engineer - Avionics SW 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: $160K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8011949003?gh_jid=8011949003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-senior-staff-linux-kernel-engineer-avionics-sw/

## About the role

We're looking for an experienced Linux kernel engineer to own and solve hard problems across hardware, firmware, kernel, and userspace on our embedded flight computers. You will set the technical direction for the kernel and platform work, as well as bring up new hardware, develop and maintain kernel drivers, and debug system-level issues, and shape how we build and validate kernel software as the platform scales to millions of deliveries every single day. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- PCIe, Ethernet/NIC drivers, DMA, IOMMU, MSI/MSI-X, or Linux networking
- Embedded Linux, ARM64, device tree, or board bring-up
- Real-time systems, PREEMPT_RT, or latency analysis
- EBPF, XDP, or high-performance networking
- Kernel CI, stress testing, or performance regression testing
- Upstream kernel contributions, or maintaining a product kernel

Tags: Flight SW

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-senior-staff-linux-kernel-engineer-avionics-sw/