Senior Maintenance Manager

The role

You will own daily maintenance execution for local fleets and systems. You will lead supervisors and technicians while staying hands-on in the maintenance environment.

What you will do

• Lead daily maintenance execution and approved airworthiness determinations for local systems and fleet assets.
• Own workflow from asset receiving and conformity checks through inspection, repair, documentation, and return-to-service coordination.
• Set maintenance schedules, shift coverage, backlog priorities, and work-in-progress to meet operational readiness goals.
• Conduct maintenance planning to support continued airworthiness and fleet health programs.
• Coach technicians and supervisors to high performance levels through training, clear expectations, direct feedback, and performance accountability.
• Track and improve asset downtime, uptime, turnaround, first-time-fix quality, backlog closure, and technician productivity.
• Enforce maintenance SOPs, safety protocols, qualification practices, and audit-ready recordkeeping.
• Partner with engineering and compliance to root-cause recurring issues, resolve escalations, and improve maintenance processes.
• Monitor performance KPIs and ensure the safe and efficient execution of maintenance operations.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on maintenance, fleet management, service-operations, or technical leadership experience in automotive, autonomy, aviation, or a related field.
• Experience leading daily execution in a safety-sensitive or regulated maintenance environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage inspections, repairs, maintenance backlogs, and return-to-service workflows.
• Ability to earn and maintain Zipline Repairman certification for authorized safety-sensitive maintenance functions.
• Sound judgment applying approved procedures, identifying nonconformances, and escalating engineering or compliance questions.
• A record of improving system availability, turnaround, quality, or technician productivity through disciplined operating practices.
• Ability to work onsite in * metro and flex with shift operations as site needs change.

Benefits

• equity compensation
• overtime pay
• discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• sales incentives
• medical, dental and 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 the world’s largest autonomous logistics system to deliver critical supplies.