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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Aug 13, 2026
Salary
$160,000–$240,000 a year
Full-time

Senior / Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Battery and Power Electronics

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 end-to-end delivery of mechanical hardware from requirements → design → analysis → prototype → validation → release → production sustainment .
  • Design battery enclosures, power electronics housings, busbars, and power distribution hardware that meet structural, thermal, EMI, cost, mass, and manufacturability requirements.
  • Develop mechanical architectures that satisfy vibration, shock, thermal, overpressure, ingress protection, and safety requirements for flight-critical systems.
  • Produce and defend engineering analyses including trade studies, tolerance stacks, load paths, hand calculations, bolted joint analysis, FEA, and failure mode assessments that reduce technical risk and support design…
  • Create production-ready CAD assemblies, detailed drawings, GD&T, and manufacturing documentation for assemblies ranging from 20–100+ components. Lead design reviews, DFM activities, and first article inspections.
  • Develop and execute verification plans covering environmental, vibration, fatigue, thermal, and EMI/EMC testing. Design supporting fixtures, analyze results, and drive corrective actions through design improvements.
  • Lead supplier selection, qualification, and production handoff by incorporating DFM feedback, defining inspection criteria, reducing manufacturing risk, and resolving supplier quality issues that impact production or…
  • Partner closely with Systems, Electrical, Software, Reliability, Manufacturing, Integration & Test, Supply Chain, and Field Operations to align requirements, manage technical tradeoffs, and remove program execution…

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