Flight Test Project Manager

Zipline • South San Francisco, CA

3d • $120,000 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Flight Test Project Manager to join our team. This role is critical to ensuring that our flight test organization has the capacity, resources, and infrastructure needed to meet engineering demand and support company-wide milestones. The Flight Test Project Manager will oversee test capacity planning, forecast demand, and manage execution of projects spanning material flows, aircraft logistics, and test site readiness. This is a role based out of one of our California facilities in South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Esparto. Ability to travel between sites may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of project management experience, preferably in aerospace, hardware, or complex engineering environments.
• Strong skills in demand forecasting, capacity planning, and schedule management.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Background in aerospace, aviation, or hardware product testing environments.
• Familiarity with flight test operations or aircraft development cycles.
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana).
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or similar certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Test Capacity & Forecasting: Own allocation of test resources, forecast demand from engineering, translate into schedules, and partner with test leads to strategically scale infrastructure.
• Program & Project Management: Lead cross-functional build projects, manage material and aircraft movement across sites, maintain project plans and risk registers, and drive proactive risk escalation.
• Operational Coordination: Develop repeatable scheduling and resource allocation processes, align engineering/production/test teams on priorities, and report progress while resolving bottlenecks.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify gaps in capacity, infrastructure, and processes, implement scalable solutions, and adopt tools that enhance visibility, predictability, and efficiency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees