Mechanical Test Engineering Manager (SMI)

What this role involves

Zipline is hiring a Mechanical Test Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for testing and validating safety-critical hardware for their new Platform 2 drone system. The role involves developing test strategies, designing test equipment, and root causing failures, with a focus on scaling from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of deliveries. The position is based in South San Francisco with occasional travel to field sites.

Skills this posting asks for

• mechanical testing
• test engineering
• hardware validation
• reliability testing
• test equipment design
• root cause analysis
• cross-functional leadership
• evtol
• drone systems

Requirements

• Level: manager
• Remote policy: onsite

From the employer’s posting

About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s larg…