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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Jul 21, 2026
Salary
$135,000–$220,000 a year
Full-time

New Products Ground Systems Mechanical Design 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 architecture, mechanical design, build, and validation of automated ground systems from concept through testing at flight test sites, early production and deployment into the field.
  • Design structures, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies, and integrated hardware for aircraft launch, recovery, recharge, and mission preparation.
  • Reduce technical risk through first-principles analysis, rapid prototypes, instrumented testing, and design iteration.
  • Define and execute validation that demonstrates performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, and operational usability before production release.
  • Partner with electrical, software, controls, manufacturing, operations, civil engineering, and supply chain teams to deliver complete system solutions.
  • Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to translate prototypes into production-ready assemblies, resolving design-for-manufacturing and quality issues.
  • Lead technical reviews and make product tradeoffs across performance, reliability, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and customer experience.
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