Zipline International Inc.
Engineering Technician, Powertrain
South San Francisco, California, USA · Full-time
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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
- Support engineering programs from prototype build → test setup → execution → troubleshooting → continuous improvement.
- Build, assemble, modify, and maintain engineering prototypes, battery systems, power electronics assemblies, wiring harnesses, and electromechanical hardware.
- Perform wiring, soldering, crimping, cable fabrication, connector assembly, and mechanical assembly using high-quality engineering and manufacturing practices.
- Support engineering changes, prototype iterations, and hardware bring-up throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory equipment including power supplies, electronic loads, battery cyclers, oscilloscopes, DAQ systems, environmental chambers, vibration equipment, and thermal instrumentation.
- Collect, document, and organize engineering data while ensuring repeatability, traceability, and measurement quality.
- Maintain laboratory organization, calibration records, tooling, consumables, and equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient engineering operations.
- Support commissioning of new laboratory equipment and validation infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot prototype hardware, laboratory equipment, and test systems, partnering with engineers to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Identify and implement improvements to laboratory workflows, assembly methods, fixture designs, tooling, and test efficiency.
Requirements
- Experience with wiring harness fabrication, crimping, soldering, cable routing, connector assembly, and electrical integration.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting engineering validation, prototype development, manufacturing, or production testing is preferred.
Compensation
- $42k-$52k
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.
- 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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