Head of Weather Systems

Responsibilities

• Design and develop our automated weather monitoring systems to make real-time go/no-go decisions for missions, as well as forecast in-coming weather conditions that would require pausing deliveries;
• Define the requirements on flyable weather conditions to achieve business performance goals that are achievable in the context of automated risk system performance;
• Enable and maintain strong and unambiguous communication with customer, fulfilment and flight operations teams, setting expectations for the system uptime, on both seasonal and daily timescales
• Drive the development of ground- and air-based sensing to support the risk posture calculations in a scalable and cost-effective way

Requirements

• You will have a minimum of 5+ years of industry experience, and either be a proven people leader or clearly ready to own and develop a small team (3-5 direct reports).
• Familiarity with geospatial and meteorological datasets, formats, and tools; in particular you'll understand how to efficiently process large datasets across distributed systems and ideally have experience with kafka or other streaming data systems
• As well as a strong understanding of descriptive statistics, probability and linear algebra, you will have mastered a wide range of machine learning and statistical techniques, and developed an intuition for what tool to apply in every situation
• Adept at summarizing large datasets visually that make complex results understandable at a glance to different audiences. You will be able to find creative ways to take the uncertainty of weather prediction and turn it into certainty for the business.
• Excellent understanding of meteorology and climatology, and an ability to communicate the underl

Benefits

Additional Information

About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world's largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations. Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.

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