Mechanical & Scaling Engineer, Droid

The role

You will drive droid subsystems from design through production, including DVT, PVT, and tooling release. You will own test campaigns, stand up NPI and production lines at contract manufacturers, and manage supplier communication.

What you will do

• Take droid subsystems from design phase through DVT, PVT, tooling release, first-article, and full-rate production.
• Own test campaigns for subsystems including writing test plans and coordinating fixtures.
• Stand up NPI and production lines at contract manufacturers.
• Be the point person for supplier communication, ECOs, deviation management, and Jira hygiene.
• Modify and improve existing designs using CAD.
• Partner with design engineers, test engineers, TPM, supply chain, quality, and manufacturing engineering.
• Drive first-article builds and pilot runs on the line.
• Travel to suppliers and manufacturing partners in China, Malaysia, Japan, Italy, Germany, and Vietnam.
• Bring higher-volume production perspective into design reviews.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering physical products from design through production
• Track record of taking mechanical designs through the full NPI cycle on at least one product program
• Direct experience running or heavily contributing to test campaigns for mechanical or electromechanical hardware
• CAD fluency in Siemens NX, Creo, CATIA, or SolidWorks
• Comfortable with GD&T, tolerance analysis, and reading and marking up production drawings
• Practical, hands-on knowledge of injection molding, thermoplastic and thermoset composites, EPP foam molding, stamping, or CNC machining
• Strong instincts for supplier engagement
• Willingness to travel internationally, sometimes on short notice

Nice to have

• Prior experience at an automotive OEM, a drone or robotics company, a medical device company, or another high-mix / high-reliability hardware environment
• Experience setting up NPI or production lines at a Chinese, Malaysian, or Vietnamese contract manufacturer
• Test rig design experience - instrumentation, DAQ, fixture design for cyclic and environmental testing
• Familiarity with the electrical and firmware side of the products you've integrated
• Prior experience owning ECO, PLM, or JIRA workflows for a hardware program of nontrivial complexity

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO

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.