Zipline International Inc.
Flight Test Operator (SkillBridge) - Amarillo, TX
Amarillo, Texas, USA · Internship
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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
- Own end-to-end daily flight test campaign execution
- Validate functionality through repeatable ground and flight test procedures
- Enforce and improve site safety: manage risks for prototype flights, run briefings and debriefs, and refine SOPs to reduce repeat failures.
- Ownership and communication: Proven ability to own test campaigns end-to-end, make safety-forward go/no‑go decisions, document results clearly, and coordinate across engineering, safety, and manufacturing to drive closure.
- 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
- FAA Part 107 certification (required at time of joining)
- Nice-to-have: Linux command-line comfort, rapid-prototyping skills (3D printing, basic machining), and experience with automated flight systems.
- Expect to work weekends and night shifts, and occasional regional travel between test sites when required.
- 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.
- We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
- This role matters because timely, rigorous flight validation reduces deployment risk, shortens product development cycles, and directly affects delivery reliability for our customers.
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