Hiring: Director of Industry Standards Company: Zipline Location: South San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:33:45 About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience in aviation, standards development, regulatory affairs, autonomy, or aerospace. Required Skills: •Zipline builds, manufactures, and operates autonomous delivery systems that move critical goods where access is difficult. As commercial UAS delivery scales, the standards adopted now will shape how autonomous aircraft are designed, evaluated, integrated into airspace, and operated safely. •Set and lead Zipline’s standards strategy across aviation, autonomy, and scaled commercial UAS delivery. •Prioritize standards bodies, committees, working groups, consortia, and coalitions; define objectives, participation level, and accountable internal owners for each. •Represent Zipline in forums such as ASTM, RTCA, and other relevant organizations developing foundational UAS standards. •Convert Zipline’s safety practices, technical capabilities, and operational learnings into standards proposals and evidence-based technical contributions. •Establish governance for approving company positions, technical contributions, disclosures, and standards-related IP risk. •Translate standards and regulatory developments into roadmap, certification, market-entry, and commercial decisions for Engineering, Aviation Regulatory, Legal, and Commercial teams. •Brief executive leadership on portfolio priorities, tradeoffs, external positions, risks, and decisions requiring alignment. Qualifications: •Aviation expertise developed at an aircraft manufacturer, component manufacturer, operator, aviation service provider, air navigation service provider, or relevant government agency. •Demonstrated leadership or substantive participation in consensus standards bodies, technical committees, consortia, trade associations, or comparable forums. •Solid functional working knowledge of how standards are developed, adopted, referenced by regulators, and applied to certification, market access, procurement, and commercial strategy. •Technical fluency to evaluate engineering positions and translate technical or regulatory complexity into clear recommendations. •Evidence of influencing cross-functional decisions without direct authority and building alignment with regulators, industry peers, certification organizations, and technical experts. •Based in South San Francisco, California, with ability to travel as required for standards meetings, regulatory engagements, industry convenings, and Zipline operational sites. •What Else You Need To Know Compensation: •$160,000 - $220,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!