Youll DoAs a Mechanical Engineer on the New Products team youll use your engineering fundamentals and creative instincts to design and build the next generation of Ziplines hardware. Your work will span across invention prototyping analysis and validation and no two weeks will look the same. On any given day you might be:
- Embedding in hospital labs to uncover unmet needs and new opportunities
- Sketching and building flying machines that others would never dare to attempt
- Prototyping in everything from cardboard to polished hardware headed into customer hands
- Collaborating directly with partners to make our technology fit seamlessly into their world
- Tackling knotty design and analysis challenges on mission-critical mechanisms and structures
- Pushing prototypes through lab and flight testing to rapidly build reliability and confidence
Youll own the design of major subsystems or even entire systems covering structural components mechanisms and electronics integration. Youll make architecture-level decisions create designs that can scale and rapidly iterate based on real test data. Youll collaborate closely with electrical software civil NPI and supply chain teams to turn your designs into products deployed in the field. Hand calcs quick builds and fast iteration will guide your process and autonomy will be your default.
What Youll Bring
Youre an engineer who loves to move fast solve hard problems and build things that have never existed before. You balance rigor with creativity and can zoom effortlessly between rough sketches cardboard prototypes and system-level CAD. You thrive in ambiguity you own your work end-to-end and you know how to deliver designs that scale.
- Were looking for someone who brings:
- A foundation in mechanical engineering strong enough to own significant subsystems or entire systems spanning structures mechanisms and electronics integration
- A proven history of shipping taking complex designs through concept prototyping validation and production
- The ability to move seamlessly between rough prototyping and detailed system-level CAD (2040 parts at once)
- Comfort with a wide range of manufacturing methods including welding sheet metal extrusion CNC machining injection molding and more
- Experience working closely with suppliers and contract manufacturers to translate designs into scalable production
- Fluency in communicating ideas clearly whether through quick sketches sharp technical writing or strategic presentations tailored to your audience
- 7 years of professional mechanical engineering experience and a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Willingness to relocate to the Bay Area and occasional travel (<10%) to customers and suppliers
Nice to Have
- NX as your primary CAD tool
- Experience designing for safety-critical applications including applying proper factors of safety and joint calculations
- Hands-on prototyping skills you enjoy building just as much as designing
What Else You Need To Know
The starting cash salary range for this role is $170000 - $225000. Please note that this is a target starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors including a specific candidates experience qualifications skills working location and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard torace color ancestry national origin religion or religious creed mental or physical disability medical condition genetic information sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age marital status military or veteran status citizenship or other characteristics protected by state federal or local law or our other policies.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit please apply!
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Mechanical Engineer - New Products Team (Senior-Staff)
