Zipline
Lead Production Equipment Tooling Design Engineer
$150K–$180K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 12, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; experience in aerospace, drones, medical devices, or safety-critical electromechanical products is strongly preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the design, deployment, and improvement of production tooling and equipment for aircraft and electromechanical assembly at Zipline’s South San Francisco manufacturing site.
What you'll do
- Own tooling projects from requirements and CAD through vendor fabrication, commissioning, and production release; improve uptime, cycle time, and first-pass yield.
- Design and install fixtures, operator stations, and end-of-line test equipment, and troubleshoot equipment during production launches and ramp-up.
- Set tooling standards, mentor 1–4 engineers and technicians, and coordinate delivery with internal teams and vendors.
What they ask for
- 5+ years designing production equipment, fixtures, or custom automation in a high-volume or fast-ramping manufacturing environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated mastery of GD&T, tolerance analysis, mechanism design, material selection, and failure-mode thinking for assembly tooling.
- Hands-on factory-floor equipment commissioning experience and practical knowledge of pneumatics, actuators, sensors, linear motion, machine guarding, and industrial electrical interfaces.
Nice to have
- Experience in aerospace, drones, medical devices, or safety-critical electromechanical products.
- Siemens NX (SolidWorks or Creo experience acceptable with strong NX learning intent).
Pay
$150,000 - $180,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Creo, GD&T
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