Flyzipline
New Products Ground Systems Mechanical Design Engineer
South San Francisco, California, USA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
A/B TestingSupply ChainLogisticsStructural AnalysisRoboticsMechanical DesignCommunicationActuators
About the role
- About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service.
- 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.
- The drone is only 15% of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Responsibilities
- Own architecture, mechanical design, build, and validation of automated ground systems from concept through testing at flight test sites, early production and deployment into the field.
- Design structures, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies, and integrated hardware for aircraft launch, recovery, recharge, and mission preparation.
- Reduce technical risk through first-principles analysis, rapid prototypes, instrumented testing, and design iteration.
- Partner with electrical, software, controls, manufacturing, operations, civil engineering, and supply chain teams to deliver complete system solutions.
- Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to translate prototypes into production-ready assemblies, resolving design-for-manufacturing and quality issues.
- Lead technical reviews and make product tradeoffs across performance, reliability, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and customer experience.
- Experience owning complex electromechanical systems or larger pieces of automated machinery from concept through production, with direct responsibility for design decisions and product outcomes.
- Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, including structural analysis, mechanism design, CAD, tolerancing, and design for manufacturing.
- Ability to design reliable machinery for operational environments where safety, human interaction, and autonomous-aircraft interfaces matter.
- Clear technical communication and the ability to lead cross-functional decisions across engineering, manufacturing, and operations.
Requirements
- If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Benefits
- With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
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