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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Jul 21, 2026
Salary
$100,000–$160,000 a year
Full-time

Hardware Reliability Engineer

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

  • Own the reliability strategy for mission-critical mechanical subsystems or entire systems, applying Design-for-Reliability (DfR) and Physics-of-Failure (PoF) principles.
  • Translate system reliability targets into design-level requirements, verification plans, and objective pass/fail criteria.
  • Lead DFMEA efforts with cross-functional teams to identify early risks and drive mitigation.
  • Develop Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) and environmental test campaigns to validate long-term hardware performance.
  • Author test plans and procedures with clear, data-driven pass/fail criteria.
  • Lead failure analysis and structured root cause investigations, from component to system-level.
  • Lead failure analysis and structured root-cause investigations, translating findings into design, manufacturing, or operational actions.
  • Sign off on test verification results and assess hardware readiness for flight from a reliability standpoint.
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