RF Test Engineer (Senior - Staff)

The role

You will own design validation and test planning for RF products. This includes manufacturing test, system performance characterization, and supporting certification testing for aircraft avionics.

What you will do

• Own the design validation and test planning efforts for RF products
• Develop a deep understanding of components under test
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external vendors to deploy test plans and systems
• Drive end-to-end test campaigns from development through production
• Triage and root-cause field failures using data analysis
• Support certification testing to enable aircraft to fly

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in RF engineering roles
• Experience with manufacturing test, system performance testing, certification, and design validation
• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, with focus on RF Comms and Design
• Test engineering experience in sensors and electronics for critical systems in fields such as automotive, aerospace, transportation, or medical devices
• Test asset design validation for RF products in high-volume production environments
• Experience with one or more of Wi-Fi, Cell, GNSS, ADS-B, UWB, Radar, or similar consumer electronics wireless protocols
• Experience developing test plans, test requirements, test standards, and test criteria for hardware products and RF systems
• Strong understanding of communication system fundamentals including linear systems, signal processing, and communication theory
• Proficient in Python, Linux environments, and scripting languages such as Bash or Shell
• Clear communication skills

Nice to have

• Enthusiasm for collaborating in a fast paced, cross-functional environment

Benefits

• equity compensation
• overtime pay
• discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• sales incentives
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• paid time off

Before you apply

• Must be eligible to work in the US
• Must be able to work in person at Zipline’s South San Francisco office

About the company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They design, build, and operate an autonomous logistics system to deliver food, medicine and essential goods.