Zipline
Production Equipment & Tooling Engineer
$105K–$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
- 2+ years required; 5–7 years preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Owns the design, deployment, commissioning, and sustainment of production tooling and equipment for aircraft and electromechanical manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Deliver production equipment and tooling projects from requirements and CAD through vendor fabrication, commissioning, and production release.
- Design and install fixtures, operator stations, handling tools, and automated end-of-line test rigs; improve availability, cycle time, and first-pass yield.
- Debug production equipment, manage vendor builds and acceptance testing, and coordinate with engineering, quality, supply chain, and operations teams.
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.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD and hands-on factory-floor equipment commissioning; 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 intent to learn NX.
- Aerospace, drones, medical devices, or safety-critical electromechanical products; 5–7 years of relevant experience preferred.
Pay
$105,000-150,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Creo, GD&T
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