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About the Role
The Ground Systems team is responsible for all ground hardware enabling Zipline's drones to take off, fly, land, and prepare for missions. The team develops modular, cost-effective, and adaptable infrastructure solutions for drone-based logistics, similar to the solar industry's approach with worldwide solar panel deployment. The goal is to create elegant integration solutions for various customers and sites globally.
Responsibilities
- Use engineering fundamentals to develop innovative products for ground systems infrastructure, centered around welded steel towers.
- Engineer systems that will come together days before they are needed, ensuring they work the first time.
- Solve complex problems with little direction and maximum autonomy, using hand calculations to guide thinking and designs.
- Own the design of the entire system and subassemblies for the next generation of towers, including structural components, mechanisms, and electronics integration.
- Make important decisions about product architecture and create designs for practical scale on a short timeline with high reliability targets.
- Quickly iterate and downselect based on analysis and prototype test results.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical, software, civil, NPI, and supply chain teams to bring designs to production and into the field.
Requirements
- Proven track record owning complex subassemblies or full systems over at least 3 product programs (concept, prototype, validation, production).
- Strong fundamentals in load estimation, classic mechanics, structural hand calculations for part sizing, FEA, and clean CAD designs.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a tenacious and scientific approach.
- Familiarity with mechanism design and the integration of electrical components into hardware products.
- Practical knowledge of manufacturing methods such as welding, sheet metal forming, extrusion, and CNC machining.
- Experience partnering with contract manufacturers to ramp up production of high-volume lines.
- Demonstrated CAD fluency for system-level ownership, managing 3D/2D of 20-50 parts simultaneously.
- Disciplined processes including part release, BOM maintenance, SOP creation for builds, and timeline management.
- True expertise in one area that will level up the team.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and visual), tailoring technical depth to the audience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Ability to periodically (<10%) travel to visit customers and suppliers.
- Eligible to work in the US and willing to relocate to the Bay Area, CA region.
Skills
- Welding
- Sheet metal forming
- Extrusion
- CNC machining
- CAD fluency
- FEA
- Structural hand calculations
- Mechanism design
- Electronics integration
- NX (preferred)
Location
- Bay Area, CA region
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000 - $186,000
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
- Sales incentives
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
About the Company
- Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service, aiming to serve all humans equally by providing access to essential goods anytime, anywhere.
- The company designs, builds, and operates the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Zipline operates on four continents, making a delivery every 30 seconds and completing millions of deliveries including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
- Customers include prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants, and global businesses.
- The Zipline system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and saves people time, with over 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown.
- Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food globally.
- The company seeks practical problem solvers motivated by building systems with meaningful impact and scaling the future of logistics.
- Zipline values individuals who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can achieve the impossible at record speeds.
Equal Opportunity
- Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- The company values diversity and welcomes applications from traditionally underrepresented groups in tech.
- Zipline does not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.