Zipline
Mechanical Engineer, Production Equipment
$120K–$150K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years required; 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Owns the design, build, commissioning, and production release of mechanical equipment and tooling that supports aircraft and subsystem manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy fixtures, workstations, tooling, and end-of-line test equipment from requirements through production release.
- Debug equipment and production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and validate improvements to throughput, cycle time, yield, and uptime.
- Coordinate equipment requirements, vendors, testing, and schedules with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years designing production equipment, fixtures, or custom automation in high-volume or rapidly scaling manufacturing.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong command of GD&T, tolerance analysis, mechanisms, material selection, and failure-mode thinking.
- Hands-on experience fabricating, building, commissioning, debugging, testing, and training operators on equipment.
Nice to have
- Siemens NX; SolidWorks or Creo experience is acceptable with commitment to learning NX.
- Experience with aerospace, drones, medical devices, or safety-critical electro-mechanical products.
Pay
$120,000-150,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Creo, GD&T
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