Zipline hardware engineering salaries

Across 22 open hardware engineering postings at Zipline that state a range, the middle half pays $180k–$209k a year, with a median of $205k. The lowest posted floor is $100k and the highest ceiling $275k. This is base pay as posted by Zipline, converted to US dollars; equity and bonus are not included.

From pay ranges in open postingsRebuilt 3 Nov 2026

The range

Lowest floor$100k
25th percentile$180k
Median$205k
75th percentile$209k
Highest ceiling$275k

Postings by the midpoint of the posted range, in steps of $20k

Middle halfMedian bucket

Median by team at Zipline

Management$211k
Hardware engineering$205k
Product management$179k
Operations$176k
Industrial engineering$165k
Robotics$155k
Sales$140k

Postings with a stated range: Management 6 · Hardware engineering 22 · Backend engineering 22 · Product management 7 · Operations 16 · Industrial engineering 41 · Robotics 15 · Sales 5

Hardware engineering pay by level

LevelPostingsMedianMiddle half
Senior10$205k$174k–$207k
Staff and principal6$210k$205k–$226k

Best-paid open hardware engineering roles

Director of Hardware Engineering - Dropbox
South San FranciscoHead and director
$225k–$275kJul 20
Staff Embedded Linux Platform Engineer
South San FranciscoStaff and principal
$210k–$260kOct 21
Staff Firmware Engineer - Motors
South San FranciscoStaff and principal
$210k–$250kOct 23
$185k–$245kJul 17
Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer - Long Range Platform
South San FranciscoStaff and principal
$175k–$255kOct 15
Senior RF Desense Engineer
South San FranciscoSenior
$160k–$260kJul 14

31 hardware engineering roles open at Zipline now

22 of them show the pay range on the posting.

Questions

How much does Zipline pay for hardware engineering roles?

The median of the 22 posted ranges is $205k a year; the middle half sits between $180k and $209k.

Is this base salary or total compensation?

Base salary as written in the posting. Many US employers post ranges under state pay transparency laws (California, New York, Washington, Colorado and others); equity and bonus are not part of these figures.

Why posted ranges and not self-reported salaries?

A posted range is what the employer commits to for a role it has open today. It is fresher than a survey and cannot be inflated by respondents. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its range.

Which level pays most?

Staff and principal roles have the highest median here: $210k a year across 6 postings.

Source: the pay ranges of 22 open postings on Zipline's careers board; the midpoint of each rangeUpdated 3 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0