Zipline
Mechanical Engineering Manager
$160K–$235K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Sets mechanical engineering strategy and leads the team designing, validating, and deploying aircraft and ground systems for Zipline’s Long Range Platform.
What you'll do
- Build and develop the mechanical engineering team and set priorities, ownership, and roadmap.
- Guide mechanical architecture, design, systems integration, safety and reliability analyses, and validation across aircraft and ground systems.
- Lead hardware from prototype through production and deployment, partnering across teams and with suppliers to resolve technical and field issues.
What they ask for
- Experience building and developing high-performing mechanical engineering teams, including coaching and setting priorities and expectations.
- Strong mechanical engineering background with significant direct contributions to complex hardware.
- Track record translating customer needs into requirements and roadmaps, and carrying electromechanical products from architecture through test, production, and field deployment.
- Technical depth in mechanical systems and fundamentals including first-principles analysis, materials, GD&T, tolerance analysis, fatigue, and FEA.
Nice to have
- Experience with systems engineering, safety, or verification for complex products; aircraft structures, composites, electric powertrains, or batteries; scaling hardware; or field support.
- Experience with Siemens NX.
Pay
$160,000 - $235,000 USD starting cash range
Tools
GD&T, FEA, Siemens NX
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