Software Engineering Manager - Embedded Linux
Software Engineering Manager - Embedded Linux
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$ 200000 - 235000
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About Zipline
Do you want to change the world Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the worlds most urgent and complex access challenges by building manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally wherever they are. From powering Rwandas national blood delivery network and Ghanas COVID19 vaccine distribution to providing ondemand home delivery for Walmart to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes we are transforming the way things move for businesses governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy we are decarbonizing delivery decreasing road congestion and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.
About the Role
Were seeking an experienced leader to head our Linux Avionics Software team. You will lead a strong team of engineers working across Linux kernelspace userspace software device drivers (cellular GPS IMU networking) and the realtime scheduling system that enables our autonomous drone fleet operations. Your role spans the entire software stack from embedded Linux kernel modifications and drivers to the userspace tools and libraries that ensure reliability and performance in demanding flight environments. We are looking for someone excited about guiding the team to build robust safetycritical systems that operate seamlessly under challenging realworld conditions.
What Youll Do
- Lead mentor and grow a team of embedded software engineers setting ambitious goals and fostering a highperformance culture
- Oversee the software architecture spanning kernelspace to userspace including Yoctobased Linux kernel BSP development
- Drive technical decisions and establish best practices for validating a complex software stack
- Collaborate crossfunctionally with other software teams hardware teams flight testing and customer operations
- Lead the implementation of safetycritical avionics systems on our flight computers: communication buses sensors radios and peripheral device drivers
- Build a robust and performant platform that supports higher level software services to run reliably in real time: navigation perception planning and controls
What Youll Bring
- Proven experience as an engineering leader successfully managing and scaling highperforming teams
- Experience with complex safetycritical embedded systems
- Strong technical expertise in Linux kernel and userspace development
- Solid software engineering and systems architecture skills with expertise in stronglytyped languages our stack is Rust applications and Python tooling
- A systemsoriented mindset focused on reliability fault tolerance and optimization for complex distributed embedded systems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills capable of articulating complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
- Detailoriented approach to system safety validation and robust deployment at scale
- A strong advocate for the teams productivity: knowing when to invest in great tooling process that speeds the team up and designs that make the codebase better over time
What Else You Need to Know
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
