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Head of Systems Engineering

Zipline is hiring for Head of Systems Engineering in South San Francisco, California, USA. Manager level. First seen September 4, 2026; open as of November 11, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Zipline
Where
South San Francisco, California, USA
Level
Manager
First seen
September 4, 2026
Listed via
Greenhouse

What the posting says

We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and 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 5x - so, we’ll fly 50x…

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