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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Aug 17, 2026
Full-time

Industrial & Operations 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 factory-level performance, scalability, and production system design , connecting individual manufacturing processes into an efficient end-to-end production system.
  • Develop and continuously improve factory and line layouts , optimizing workstation design, material presentation, operator movement, equipment placement, and overall material flow.
  • Lead time studies, cycle-time analysis, labor modeling, and line balancing to establish production standards and improve labor efficiency.
  • Build and maintain capacity models that translate demand forecasts into requirements for labor, equipment, tooling, shifts, floor space, and capital.
  • Identify current and future production bottlenecks , quantify their impact, and lead changes that increase throughput and factory utilization.
  • Define WIP, buffer, queue, and rework strategies that protect production output while minimizing excess inventory and lead time.
  • Develop scalable operating strategies for products moving from prototype and pilot production into sustained higher-rate manufacturing .
  • Translate production targets into clear factory requirements and actionable scaling plans.
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