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

Design, develop, and deploy automation-centric test software and assets to validate avionics, sensors, and assemblies from prototype through production. Own test campaigns, coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, triage field failures, root-cause issues, and build visualization and data-acquisition tools to streamline manufacturing and safety-critical validation.

Design and deliver mechanical subsystems from concept through production: translate requirements into CAD, drawings, BOMs, and verification plans; lead prototyping, FEA and first-principles analysis, test campaigns, supplier handoffs, and cross-functional integration to meet mass, life, and reliability targets.

Lead and grow the Flight Test Engineering team to define and execute validation strategy and campaigns across aircraft, software, hardware, docking, and fleet systems. Build automated test infrastructure, data pipelines, and reporting to produce rigorous release-readiness evidence, partner cross-functionally, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance.

Support commercial real-estate leasing legal work: manage lease intake, drafting, redlines, approvals, execution, and post-execution administration. Build templates, clause libraries, checklists, and workflows; coordinate with landlords, brokers, outside counsel, and internal teams; track pipelines, deadlines, obligations, and SLAs; identify bottlenecks and implement scalable processes to improve legal service levels.

Design, train, optimize, and deploy real-time 3D perception models for multi-camera onboard systems. Work spans model development, TensorRT-based optimization for resource-constrained hardware, tooling for evaluation and visualization, and close integration with motion planning. Senior roles lead architecture and experiments; staff roles drive roadmap and cross-functional design for production autonomy.

Lead global IP strategy and manage Zipline’s patent portfolio. Work with engineering and product teams to identify patentable innovations, oversee prosecution and outside counsel, counsel on IP issues in product development and commercial deals, and create scalable IP policies and processes.

Build and operate cloud data platform components for ingestion, transformation, validation, and serving across batch and near-real-time pipelines. Own lakehouse and warehouse foundations, data contracts, lineage, quality checks, and performance/cost optimizations. Create orchestration patterns, shared libraries, CI checks, and runbooks. Partner with product, telemetry, analytics, and ML teams to standardize dataset publishing and ensure dependable, discoverable, and performant data for operational decisions and analytics.

Lead mechanical development of automated ground systems from concept to field deployment. Design structures, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies; prototype, validate, and ensure manufacturability, reliability, safety, and operational usability while partnering cross-functionally and with suppliers.

Lead a small test engineering team to plan and execute multi-month environmental, durability, and replicated-flight campaigns. Own facility roadmap, design and deliver large-scale test assets, architect combined-environment test plans, manage test processes and handoffs, drive in-house test and maintenance software, and prioritize investigations to inform hardware-release and reliability decisions.

Lead and grow a team performing deep characterization and durability testing of powertrain components (motors, propellers, actuators). Develop multi-month test campaigns, validate electromagnetic and thermal models, design/oversee custom large-scale test rigs, run reliability and failure analysis, and translate test data into vehicle diagnostics. Partner closely with design, electrical, and controls teams to validate models and drive rapid hardware problem solving in fast-moving hardware programs.