Head of Systems Engineering
Core
Lead systems engineering for defining product capabilities roadmap, architecture, and validation for Zipline's autonomous drone delivery system.
Role type
Head of Systems Engineering
Builds
Autonomous logistics system for global delivery of food, medicine, and essential goods
Domain
Autonomous aviation / Logistics / Healthcare supply chain
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Systems engineering, architecture definition, system validation & verification, safety-critical autonomy, trade-off analysis, technical leadership
Preferred skills
Experience scaling autonomous systems, cross-functional collaboration, regulatory partnership
Technologies
Autonomous aircraft platforms, flight control systems, operational monitoring tools
Responsibilities
Define product capabilities roadmap and decompose into architectures, lead system validation & verification, develop frameworks for performance/safety/cost optimization, set hardware/software release standards, mentor systems engineering team, partner with safety/regulatory teams
Seniority
Executive, strategic leadership & hands-on technical direction
