Zipline
Mechanical & Scaling Engineer, Droid
$175K–$215K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; must have taken at least one product program through the full NPI cycle.
- Education
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
About the job
Drives EV3 delivery-droid subsystems from design through testing, tooling, first articles, and full-rate production, including production-line ramp-up and supplier coordination.
What you'll do
- Own subsystem execution through DVT, PVT, tooling release, first-article inspection, and production ramp; run qualification test campaigns and root-cause failures.
- Establish NPI and production lines with contract manufacturers, including process definition, work instructions, training, line balancing, and yield ramp.
- Coordinate suppliers, ECOs, deviations, and issue tracking; make drawing-ready CAD changes and support builds and pilot runs.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering physical products from design through production, including taking at least one product program through the full NPI cycle.
- Direct experience running or substantially contributing to mechanical or electromechanical hardware test campaigns.
- CAD fluency for drawing-ready changes to complex assemblies; Siemens NX, or equivalent experience with Creo, CATIA, or SolidWorks.
Nice to have
- Experience in automotive, drones or robotics, medical devices, or other high-mix/high-reliability hardware.
- Experience establishing contract-manufacturer production lines in China, Malaysia, or Vietnam; test-rig design; electrical/firmware familiarity; or ownership of ECO, PLM, or JIRA workflows.
Pay
$175,000 – $215,000 USD base salary
Tools
Siemens NX, Creo, CATIA, SolidWorks, Jira, DAQ, ECO, PLM
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