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# **Drone Jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area**
The San Francisco Bay Area is the drone industry’s largest engineering hub. Delivery-drone, autonomy and defence UAS companies on the Peninsula hire embedded, electrical, autonomy and manufacturing engineers in volume, while the East Bay and Alameda add seaplane, marine and electric-aircraft flight test. The listings below cover Bay Area employers hiring now.
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[****Zipline******Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Avionics SW**
South San Francisco, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Senior**$160,000-250,000/yr12d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/zipline-staff-embedded-software-engineer-avionics-sw)
[****Skydio******Field Readiness Lead, Solutions Engineering**
San Mateo, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Lead**$170,000-215,000/yrlast mo.](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-field-readiness-lead-solutions-engineering)
[****Skydio******Hardware Test and Reliability Intern - Summer 2027**
San Mateo, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Intern**$47-58/hr14d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-hardware-test-and-reliability-intern-summer-2027)
[****Saildrone******Logistics Coordinator**
Alameda, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Junior**$93,000-110,000/yr8d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/saildrone-logistics-coordinator)
[****Skydio******Senior Electric Motor Propulsion Engineer**
San Mateo, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Senior**$170,000-277,500/yr25d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-senior-electric-motor-propulsion-engineer)
[****Skydio******Frontend Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027**
San Mateo, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Intern**$47-70/hr12d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-frontend-software-engineer-intern-summer-2027)
[*Company hidden · Pro only***Manufacturing Test Engineer**
South San Francisco, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Junior**$125,000-145,000/yr6d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/01m657zwdgrx8rj196a3jxzfqn)
[****Applied Intuition******Operational Safety Lead - Defense**
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United StatesWashington, Washington, D.C., United StatesMountain View, California, United StatesSan Diego, California, United StatesAnn Arbor, Michigan, United States**On-site****Full-time****Lead**$150,000-250,000/yrlast mo.](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/applied-intuition-operational-safety-lead-defense)
[****Poseidon Aerospace******Senior Avionics Engineer**
Alameda, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Senior**22d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/poseidon-aerospace-senior-avionics-engineer)
[****Skydio******Wireless Hardware Engineer Intern - Summer 2027**
San Mateo, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Intern**$47-70/hr14d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-wireless-hardware-engineer-intern-summer-2027)
[****Shield AI******Engineer II, Automated Test (R6288)**
San Mateo, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Junior**$110,000-160,000/yr18d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/shield-ai-engineer-ii-automated-test-r6288)
[****Seneca******Electromechanical Technician – Wildfire Drone Manufacturing**
Sausalito, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Mid-Level**$71,000-130,000/yr8d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/seneca-electromechanical-technician-wildfire-drone-manufacturing)
[****Wing******Machine Learning Engineering Intern, Summer 2027**
Palo Alto, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Intern**$128,000-135,000/yr21d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/wing-machine-learning-engineering-intern-summer-2027)
[*Company hidden · Pro only***Electrical Engineer, Production Test**
South San Francisco, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Junior**$125,000-145,000/yr6d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/01m657zwead2r88tzjat7d0as2)
[****Skydio******Account Executive - Japan **
San Mateo, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Senior**12d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-account-executive-japan)
[****Skydio******Senior Product Manager, Fleet & Internal Tools**
San Mateo, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Senior**$196,000-240,000/yr20d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-senior-product-manager-fleet-internal-tools-2)
[****Zipline******Change Management Intern (Spring 2027)**
South San Francisco, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Intern**2mo ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/zipline-change-management-intern-spring-2027)
[****avav******Product Engineer III**
Petaluma, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Mid-Level**$91,000-138,750/yr8d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/avav-product-engineer-iii-2)
[****Zipline******Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer - Long Range Platform**
South San Francisco, California, United States**On-site****Full-time****Senior**$175,000-255,000/yr19d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/zipline-senior-staff-electrical-engineer-long-range-platform)
[****Skydio******Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Infrastructure**
San Mateo, California, United States**Hybrid****Full-time****Senior**$190,000-250,000/yr8d ago](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/skydio-senior-software-engineer-streaming-infrastructure)
Few places in the world employ as many drone engineers as the San Francisco Bay Area. The Peninsula is the core: South San Francisco, San Mateo and Palo Alto are home to some of the largest drone delivery and autonomy companies, and between them they post a constant stream of embedded firmware, electrical, ground-systems, mechanical, manufacturing and production technician roles, alongside autonomy, deep learning and computer vision research. Internship and new-grad intakes are unusually large here, which makes the Bay Area the best place in the country to start a drone engineering career.
Beyond the Peninsula the market changes character. San Francisco itself hosts a wave of perception, counter-drone and high-altitude platform start-ups, and food-delivery drone programmes that hire UAS operations specialists. Hayward and Alameda build and fly bigger aircraft — autonomous seaplanes, ocean drones and electric aircraft — with flight test, avionics and certification roles. Petaluma in the North Bay adds defence UAS engineering and production, and the South Bay around Sunnyvale and San Jose covers eVTOL flight test, drone hardware leadership and edge-AI chips. Part 107 piloting exists, but the Bay Area is overwhelmingly a market for engineers.
See the wider [**drone jobs in California**](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/in/united-states/california), browse [**drone engineer jobs**](https://www.dronejobs.app/drone-engineer-jobs), [**drone software jobs**](https://www.dronejobs.app/drone-software-jobs) and [**drone internship jobs**](https://www.dronejobs.app/drone-internship-jobs), or see all [**drone jobs in the US**](https://www.dronejobs.app/jobs/in/united-states).
## **Questions, answered **
- **Why does the Bay Area have so many drone jobs?**
- Several of the industry’s largest drone delivery and autonomy companies have their headquarters on the Peninsula — in South San Francisco, San Mateo and Palo Alto — and they hire across hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing and operations at a scale no other metro matches.
- **What kinds of drone jobs are available in the Bay Area?**
- Mostly engineering: embedded firmware and Linux, electrical and ground-systems engineering, autonomy, deep learning and computer vision, manufacturing and production technicians, flight test, technical programme management and UX. A large share are internships and new-grad roles, posted each autumn for the following summer.
- **Are there drone pilot or operations jobs in the Bay Area?**
- Some. Food-delivery drone programmes in San Francisco and the East Bay hire UAS operations specialists and fleet coordinators, Hayward and Alameda post UAS operator and flight-test roles, and forward-deployed technician jobs appear at robotics start-ups. They are a small slice next to the engineering.
- **How do the different parts of the Bay Area compare?**
- The Peninsula is delivery drones and autonomy software; San Francisco proper is start-ups in perception, counter-drone and stratospheric platforms; Hayward and Alameda build and fly larger aircraft, seaplanes and ocean drones; Petaluma in the North Bay hosts defence UAS engineering and production; and San Jose and Sunnyvale lean towards eVTOL, edge-AI chips and drone hardware.
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