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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
Half Moon BayCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Customer Success
Posted
Jul 29, 2026
Salary
$109,000–$155,000 a year
Full-time

Assistant Site Lead, Flight Test Operations

Job description

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who…

Job responsibilities

  • Lead daily flight test operations, including operational briefings, readiness checks, and safe execution of test activities.
  • Manage and develop the Ground Test Operator team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance feedback, and career development.
  • Own site readiness by coordinating facilities, equipment, layout, and operational needs with internal teams and vendors.
  • Partner with engineering, safety, maintenance, and manufacturing to plan and execute complex test campaigns.
  • Improve procedures, tooling, and workflows to increase test throughput, repeatability, reliability, and safety.
  • Serve as acting Site Lead when needed, directing site operations and aligning cross-functional priorities so testing can continue safely.
  • Represent Flight Test Operations during facility visits, explaining Zipline’s aircraft, test approach, and operational practices to technical and non-technical audiences.
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