Zipline International Inc.
Hardware Test & Prototype Technician, Dropbox
South San Francisco, California, USA
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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
- Assemble, integrate, rework, and maintain Dropbox prototypes and test articles.
- Build mechanical and electromechanical assemblies containing structures, mechanisms, motors, transmissions, sensors, PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, and seals.
- Provide practical feedback when designs, drawings, tolerances, fastener access, cable routing, or assembly sequences are unclear or difficult to execute.
- Perform mechanical assembly using torque tools, adhesives, thread-locking compounds, bearings, belts, fasteners, seals, and alignment features.
- Build, route, terminate, and troubleshoot wiring harnesses and electromechanical connections.
- Build and maintain automated cycle testers, environmental setups, representative packages, abuse-test fixtures, and other development equipment.
- Support functional, lifetime, environmental, ingress, wear, misuse, obstruction, package-variation, and fault-recovery testing.
- Maintain test assets, tools, fixtures, instrumentation, spare parts, and work areas in a safe and organized condition.
- Support engineering builds, design-validation builds, pilot production, and manufacturing troubleshooting.
- Provide clear feedback from builds and field deployments so designs and procedures become easier, safer, and more repeatable.
Requirements
- Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role.
- Train other technicians and engineers on equipment or procedures in which you have developed expertise.
Compensation
- The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
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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