Zipline
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
$160K–$190K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years; track record of scaling volume by an order of magnitude.
- Education
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field required; an advanced degree is a plus.
About the job
Industrialize and sustain assembly lines for Zipline’s aircraft, docks, and logistics hardware, scaling production while meeting safety, quality, yield, and throughput targets.
What you'll do
- Own assembly-line industrialization from process design and tooling through validation, production release, and sustainment.
- Develop and validate production processes, tooling, work instructions, and controls; track performance metrics and drive improvements.
- Lead DFM and cross-functional production issue resolution, capacity planning, and production scaling.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering experience designing, building, and sustaining assembly lines for complex electro-mechanical products, including scaling volume by an order of magnitude.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Practical mastery of PFMEA, control plans, SPC, capability analysis (Cp/Cpk), first-article processes, and production validation.
- Experience with custom fixtures, jigs, and tooling; 3D CAD proficiency; MES/ERP and statistical tools.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Siemens NX.
Pay
$160,000 - $190,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
Tools
PFMEA, SPC, Cp/Cpk, 3D CAD, Siemens NX, MES/ERP, Minitab, JMP
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