Zipline
Environmental Test Technician
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Maintains environmental test chambers and supports dynamic and vibration testing to help engineering teams validate reliable drone designs.
What you'll do
- Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventive maintenance on R&D environmental test chambers; support equipment setups and users.
- Execute dynamic and vibration tests, develop fixtures, instrument test assets, collect data, and perform initial analysis.
- Investigate test issues, write reports with root-cause findings, and collaborate with design, reliability, and test teams.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, or lab test equipment.
- Ability to interpret PLC ladder logic, electrical specifications, schematics, blueprints, and mechanical drawings.
- Experience working on hardware/software projects and collaborating with hardware engineers.
- Hands-on machine-shop experience and proficiency operating common mechanical equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with HVAC/refrigeration systems, DAQs, sensors, instrumentation, or vibration controllers.
Tools
Espec, Test Equity, Q-Lab, PLC, electrodynamic shakers, HALT chambers, DAQs
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