Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Design and develop C++ firmware for aircraft microcontrollers, communication interfaces, reusable platform components, real-time performance, fault handling, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Build Rust-based tools and software-in-the-loop simulations to validate firmware. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, embedded Linux, and systems engineers. This is a full-time, onsite internship in South San Francisco from January through April or May 2027.

Designs, fabricates, commissions, validates, and improves mechanical crash-safety test equipment for batteries and aircraft hardware. Responsibilities include structural fixtures, containment systems, high-force actuation, engineering analysis, CAD documentation, operator safety systems, instrumentation integration, troubleshooting, validation testing, and supplier coordination.

Own the technical direction of Zipline’s integrations platform by designing SDKs, connector frameworks, APIs, development tools, and reliability practices. Build scalable backend and frontend integration capabilities, establish architecture and compatibility standards, enable self-service development, improve launch repeatability, and support enterprise partner implementations. Lead technical reviews, mentor engineers, collaborate across Product and Commercial teams, and maintain production reliability through observability, incident response, and automation.

Support Zipline’s corporate tax team with tax law research, compliance activities, financial data gathering, reconciliations, workpapers, filing deadline tracking, tax notices, audit support, and process improvement. Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Operations, business teams, and external advisors while gaining practical experience in global corporate tax operations.

Own marketplace strategy and operations initiatives spanning performance monitoring, pricing, growth, selection, supply-demand matching, and expansion. Build dashboards and marketplace health reports, diagnose performance issues, develop action plans, coordinate cross-functional execution, and measure results. The role also establishes scalable operating processes and supports aircraft allocation and capacity decisions across Zipline’s global delivery network.

Own the technical vision, design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of enterprise audiovisual systems across conference rooms, event spaces, and office displays. Responsibilities include Q-SYS and comparable platform engineering, DSP and signal routing, event support, digital signage, AV networking, monitoring, documentation, vendor management, system commissioning, standards development, and technical escalation. The role also establishes scalable operating procedures, reliability metrics, preventive maintenance, and consistent user experiences.

Provide hands-on IT support across hardware, software, identity, devices, applications, conference rooms, and core business systems. Manage employee onboarding, offboarding, device deployment, asset lifecycles, access controls, and endpoint environments. Troubleshoot macOS, Windows, and Linux systems, support A/V technology, improve documentation and processes, and develop scripts, integrations, automations, and AI-assisted tools to improve IT operations and employee experience.

Leads the strategy and execution of launching Zipline delivery networks in new metropolitan markets. Owns multi-quarter roadmaps, site and partner planning, viability assessments, go-to-market coordination, cross-functional critical paths, readiness reviews, activation decisions, and operational handoff. Builds reusable launch playbooks and aligns stakeholders across engineering, construction, regulatory, commercial, operations, and customer teams.

Develop and evaluate motion-planning algorithms for autonomous aircraft, build simulation and analysis tools, analyze simulation and flight data, validate safety metrics, and transition experimental solutions into scalable applications. Collaborate with robotics and flight-operations teams to address complex real-world planning, physics, dynamics, reliability, and safety challenges.

Owns the field execution of new drone charging and partner site launches from preparation through early operations and handoff. Coordinates infrastructure, permitting, flight operations, maintenance, commercial, community, and partner teams; tracks milestones and dependencies; verifies site readiness; resolves blockers; manages risks; communicates status; and ensures operational handoff. The role requires independent judgment, leadership without formal authority, strong organization, and frequent travel to U.S. launch locations.