Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Dock

Zipline • South San Francisco, CA

293d

About The Position

Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

Requirements

• Proven track record owning complex subassemblies or full systems over at least 3 product programs.
• Strong fundamentals in load estimation, structural hand calculations, basic FEA, and clean CAD designs.
• Familiarity with mechanism design and integration of electrical components into hardware products.
• Practical knowledge of manufacturing methods such as welding, sheet metal forming, extrusion, CNC machining, and injection molding.
• Experience partnering with contract manufacturers to ramp up production of high volume lines.
• Demonstrated CAD fluency for system level ownership - 3D/2D of 20-40 parts simultaneously.
• Disciplined processes for parts release, BOM maintenance, SOP creation, and timeline updates.
• Excellent communication skills - written, verbal, and visual.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Ability to periodically travel (<10%) to visit customers and suppliers.
• Must be eligible to work in the US and willing to relocate to Bay Area CA region.

Nice To Haves

• NX is your primary CAD tool.
• Knowledge in applying appropriate FOS and margin to human safety critical applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative products for ground systems equipment.
• Engineer systems that will only come together days before they are needed, ensuring they work the first time.
• Solve complex problems with little direction and maximum autonomy.
• Use hand calculations to guide thinking and designs.
• Mentor junior team members and share best practices.
• Own the design of entire systems and subassemblies for next generation products.
• Make important decisions about product architecture.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical, software, civil, NPI, and supply chain teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree