Head of Systems Engineering 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 14, 2026, and still on Zipline’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
You will lead the systems engineering team responsible for defining the product capabilities roadmap, decomposing those capabilities into concrete architectures engineering teams can deliver on, and system validation & verification of new capabilities across our current platforms as well as new and novel autonomous aircraft concepts. In 2026, we will scale Platform 2 deliveries per day by 10x while we ramp range by…
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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
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