Zipline
Lead, Avionics Technician
$117K–$175K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Leads and develops avionics technicians who assemble, integrate, test, and troubleshoot hardware for aircraft, droids, and ground systems while ensuring safe, high-quality, timely execution.
What you'll do
- Hire, manage, train, and develop technicians; set expectations and plan staffing and capacity across programs.
- Establish and maintain workmanship, safety, ESD, documentation, testing, and configuration-control standards.
- Oversee daily execution, resolve complex hardware issues, and ensure lab readiness and engineering support.
What they ask for
- Proven success managing and developing technicians who build and test complex electronics, avionics, robotics, or other high-reliability hardware.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of electronics assembly, soldering, crimping, harnessing, rework, inspection, integration, and test.
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, BOMs, and work instructions; troubleshoot with relevant test equipment.
- Ability to work in person in South San Francisco and travel occasionally to suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and test or deployment sites.
Nice to have
- IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, or equivalent certification or training experience.
- Experience supporting safety-critical products or with RF hardware, antennas, flex circuits, environmental testing, or electronics failure analysis.
Pay
USD $117,000 - $175,000 base salary
Tools
oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, logic analyzers, PLM, MES
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