Test Equipment Design Engineer, Battery and Power Electronics

The role

You will design and develop custom electromechanical test equipment for batteries, power electronics, and flight hardware. This includes creating integrated systems with mechanical structures, electrical hardware, instrumentation, and software automation.

What you will do

• Design and develop custom electromechanical test equipment for batteries and power electronics.
• Design integrated systems combining mechanical structures, electrical hardware, and software automation.
• Develop fixtures, enclosures, wiring harnesses, and safety systems.
• Specify and integrate instrumentation including sensors, DAQ hardware, and programmable power equipment.
• Develop automated test sequences and data acquisition systems.
• Design equipment for battery characterization and various validation testing.
• Produce CAD assemblies, detailed drawings, electrical schematics, and manufacturing documentation.
• Commission, troubleshoot, validate, and improve laboratory equipment.
• Lead supplier selection and integration for manufactured fixtures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.

Required qualifications

• Experience designing electromechanical systems, automated equipment, manufacturing equipment, robotics, or engineering test systems.
• Strong mechanical design skills using NX, SolidWorks, or equivalent CAD software.
• Experience integrating electrical hardware including sensors, actuators, relays, power supplies, wiring harnesses, DAQ systems, instrumentation, safety circuits, and industrial controls.
• Strong engineering fundamentals including machine design, GD&T, tolerance analysis, structural analysis, electrical fundamentals, instrumentation, and system integration.
• Hands-on experience assembling, wiring, debugging, commissioning, and maintaining complex electromechanical systems.
• Ability to collaborate across mechanical, electrical, software, manufacturing, and reliability teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience developing automated systems using Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, PLCs, NI TestStand, or equivalent tools
• Experience supporting environmental, vibration, thermal, fatigue, abuse, electrical, or reliability testing

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• Sales incentives
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

About the company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They design, build, and operate an autonomous logistics system to deliver food, medicine, and essential goods.