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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Salary
$150,000–$215,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Loads and Dynamics Engineer - Aeroelastics and Rotordynamics

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 loads and dynamics analysis for Zipline’s aircraft
  • Perform dynamic analyses of aircraft components, including structural modes, random vibration, and forced harmonic vibration
  • Define program loads requirements that support flight performance and vehicle safety
  • Build finite element models for structural and loads analyses
  • Build and run multi-body simulations assessing the dynamics of everything from nominal flight through to parachute deployment
  • Collaborate across hardware, software, and vehicle operations to drive aircraft configuration and performance decisions
  • Evaluate static strength and fatigue life of aircraft structures using classical hand calculations and finite element analysis
  • Execute dynamic testing from start-to-finish including pre-test analysis, instrumentation, testing, data analysis, signal processing and model correlation.
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