Senior Real-Time Autonomy & Trajectory Planning Engineer

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ziplineSouth San Francisco (CA)

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About the role

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance autonomous flight systems. You will develop real-time trajectory generation, decision-making, and integrate with perception, controls, and flight ops to enable safe, reliable deliveries. You will tackle planning under uncertainty, validate with large-scale sim, SIL/HIL, and operate across safety-critical constraints, energy, and timing.

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