About the job
About Zipline
Zipline stands as the global leader in autonomous delivery services, dedicated to ensuring equitable access to essential goods for all. Our mission is to revolutionize logistics by designing, building, and operating the most extensive autonomous logistics system in the world. With operations spanning four continents, we deliver critical supplies every 30 seconds, having successfully completed millions of deliveries, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and commercial products. Our clientele comprises healthcare systems, governments, retailers, and global brands who depend on us to save lives, minimize emissions, enhance economic opportunities, and implement scalable logistics solutions.
Our innovative technology extends beyond drones; we deploy integrated logistics infrastructures that bolster supply chains, alleviate congestion, and facilitate instantaneous delivery, fundamentally transforming the way essential goods are provided to people worldwide. With over 140 million commercial autonomous miles flown safely, Zipline is redefining accessibility to healthcare, consumer products, and food globally.
We operate on a global scale and seek pragmatic problem solvers who thrive in real-world challenges and rapid growth environments. Our team is driven by the desire to build systems that have a meaningful impact on people's lives while scaling the future of logistics.
About You and The Role
As a part of the world’s largest autonomous logistics network, Zipline is committed to delivering critical medical and commercial goods globally with utmost reliability, precision, and scale. As we venture into more complex, safety-critical environments, the systems integral to our autonomy stack must be robust, adaptable, and deeply integrated, particularly at the intersection of perception and deployment.
We are seeking senior and staff perception engineers to join our Droid team, responsible for the autonomy that drives Zipline’s backyard delivery experience. This team manages the complete stack of offboard and cloud-side perception systems that inform, validate, and enhance our onboard autonomy. Your contributions will be pivotal in shaping how we prepare Zipline aircraft for mission-critical deliveries in intricate, real-world scenarios.
This position is not research-focused; you will be expected to move swiftly, deliver production-grade systems, and devise innovative applications of state-of-the-art techniques to address tangible, high-impact challenges.

