Mechanical Test Engineer, Structures and Mechanisms

The role

You will own mechanical heavy test and validation for flight critical assemblies, mechanism performance, and system-level behaviors. You will develop test methods, equipment, automation, and evidence to prove aircraft components meet requirements.

What you will do

• Design, analyze, build, commission, and maintain custom test stands, fixtures, environmental setups, automated cycle rigs, and representative system test articles
• Own end-to-end development and execution of validation campaigns of major structural and mechanism components
• Develop verification plans with clear coverage, traceability, sample sizes, margins and acceptance criteria
• Lead failure investigations from test or flight using physical inspection, teardown, dimensional measurements, logs, and instrumentation
• Work directly with design, systems, and manufacturing partner teams to communicate test asset functions and release recommendations

Required qualifications

• Proven ownership of high performance or low margin mechanical or electromechanical hardware validation through development, qualification, production ramp, and field deployment
• Deep hands-on experience designing and building mechanical test rigs, fixtures, instrumented assemblies, and automated cycle-test systems
• Strong mechanical fundamentals and comfort designing in CAD
• Practical experience selecting, installing, calibrating, and troubleshooting sensors and data-acquisition systems
• Experience developing automated test and analysis tools using Python or an equivalent language
• Track record finding root causes for complex or intermittent failures and verifying that corrective actions prevent recurrence
• Ability to translate imperfect field data into representative laboratory tests and actionable engineering conclusions
• Experience working with design teams, suppliers, manufacturing, and technicians to execute test programs under aggressive schedules

Benefits

• Equity
• Incentives
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid time off

About the company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system to deliver critical supplies.