Zipline
Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment
$105K–$160K
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
- 2+ years required; 5–7 years preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Integrates, commissions, and improves production equipment and tooling for aircraft and electro-mechanical subsystems at Zipline’s South San Francisco manufacturing site.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver production tooling and small automation, from requirements and CAD through fabrication, commissioning, and production release.
- Debug and verify integrated equipment, including mechanisms, sensors, actuators, pneumatics, controls, and safety interfaces.
- Improve tooling availability, assembly cycle time, and first-pass yield; coordinate vendor builds, acceptance testing, and cross-functional production needs.
What they ask for
- 2+ 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
- Siemens NX; SolidWorks or Creo experience is acceptable with strong NX learning intent.
- Aerospace, drones, medical devices, or safety-critical electro-mechanical products experience; 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.
Pay
$105,000-$160,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Creo, GD&T
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