Director of Hardware Engineering - Dropbox is open at Zipline in South San Francisco, California, USA. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $235K. Posted on Jul 20, 2026, and still on Zipline’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Dropbox is Zipline’s ground-side hardware system for autonomous package loading, storage, transfer, and pickup. It combines mechatronics, electrical systems, sensing, test infrastructure, field reliability, manufacturability, and site deployment constraints into one customer facing product. This role reports to the Chief Hardware Officer and will lead the mechanical, electrical, test, and technician teams…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Zipline’s careers page.
Hiring at Zipline
Zipline has 343 open roles right now, 3 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Operations and Manufacturing & Trades. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $162K. See all its roles

