Zipline International Inc.
Senior Engineering Technician - System Test
South San Francisco, California, USA · Senior · 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
- Independently operate System Test aircraft and ground-system equipment, and manage large-scale test campaigns:
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and upgrade aircraft and other Zipline hardware assets
- Troubleshoot and maintain complex test assets (wind tunnels, walk-in thermal chambers, ingress rigs).
- Develop and maintain checklists and documentation for system tests especially for issue triaging.
- Manage multiple priorities and shepherd aircraft through different programmatic stages.
- Help design and commission large-scale test capabilities at Zipline: Multiple full-vehicle wind tunnels, Walk-in thermal chambers, High Temperature High Humidity chambers, Monsoon Ingress Test Cell, Freeze-thaw test chambers, Lightning and other tests
- Develop best practices for aircraft maintenance, utilizing Zipline software systems to support System Test, and advocating for features needed for System Test use-cases.
- Develop documentation to be able to 'operationalize' ground-based system test.
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
Requirements
- If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
Nice to have
- You enjoy working in an ultra-fast paced team, that has you working with latest experimental hardware and software.
- You have experience in commercial aviation or aviation maintenance
- You thrive in an autonomous, unpredictable, and dynamic environment where you identify what needs to happen and get it done with very little oversight.
- You have the vigilance and focus to conduct high-power testing in a safe manner and with a focus on optimizing on a daily basis.
- You have excellent communication skills, and are a go-getter that can unblock yourself.
- You have great writing skills and don't let failures or progress go undocumented.
- You have experience with Linux based operating systems (command line experience is a strong plus).
Compensation
- $44k-$54k
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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