Zipline
Failure Analysis Engineer
$120K–$155K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
About the job
Investigates failures in Zipline’s autonomous-delivery electronics and hardware, reproducing faults, identifying evidence-supported root causes, and helping verify corrective actions.
What you'll do
- Investigate, reproduce, and analyze failures in electronic assemblies and components using lab testing, inspection, and data analysis.
- Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and suppliers to develop and verify corrective actions.
- Document findings, maintain failure records, and track investigation and corrective-action outcomes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
- Hands-on experience with electronics, hardware assemblies, and laboratory equipment; ability to read schematics, wiring diagrams, PCB layouts, engineering drawings, and datasheets.
- Experience using standard electrical test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and logic analyzers.
- Practical data-analysis skills using Python, MATLAB, JMP, SQL, or equivalent tools.
Nice to have
- Experience in electronics failure analysis, hardware reliability, product engineering, hardware test, or high-reliability hardware debugging.
- Knowledge of electronics manufacturing or physical failure-analysis methods such as microscopy, X-ray, CT, cross-sectioning, or SEM/EDS.
Pay
$120,000 - $155,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, MATLAB, JMP, SQL, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, SEM/EDS
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