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Concept and Architecture Engineering Contractor

Aviary - SSF💼 Contract💰 $780,000–$780,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a confidential, clean-sheet product development effort by generating concepts from first principles and rapidly prototyping solutions for Zipline's autonomous logistics system.

Role type

Independent contractor concept and architecture engineer

Builds

New autonomous logistics products and systems

Domain

Autonomous drones, logistics, hardware systems

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

first-principles thinking, rapid prototyping, hardware system design, problem-solving in ambiguous environments, cross-industry technical intuition

Preferred skills

experience building difficult things, unconventional problem-solving, quick learning in unfamiliar domains

Technologies

autonomous systems, hardware prototyping

Responsibilities

Generate and evaluate concepts from first principles, rapidly sketch and prototype potential solutions, challenge assumptions to identify overlooked design spaces, use direct exposure to Zipline's systems to develop grounded problem understanding, maintain strict confidentiality

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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