- Robot type
- Drone
- Location
- South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Aug 5, 2026
Quality 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
- Serve as the first line of defense for part and vehicle performance: review and disposition discrepancies coming from all production processes: from receiving inspections to system end-of-line tests
- Lead root-cause analyses on one-off and recurring quality issues, driving corrective-action plans through to closure
- Collaborate with Supplier Industrialization to provide actionable feedback, qualify new vendors, and improve incoming part quality
- Define and document inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and rework procedures for common failures in mechanical, electrical, and composite systems
- Partner with Test and EOL Engineers to iterate on test-station designs, refine protocols, and streamline data capture
- Occasionally execute hands-on inspections or audits to validate new procedures and train Quality Technicians
- Analyze quality data and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, generate insights, and recommend process improvements
- Own change-control and revision of quality documentation—SOPs, work instructions, and technical drawings—to ensure current best practices are followed
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