Dropbox Sales and Project Engineer
Phoenix, AZ - USA
Job Summary
Zipline is the worlds 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 worlds largest autonomous logistics system delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today Zipline operates on four continents makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds and has completed millions of deliveries to date including blood vaccines medical supplies food and retail products.
Our customers include the worlds largest and most prominent healthcare systems governments retailers restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives reduce emissions increase economic opportunity and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what weve built to enable seamless reliable global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains reduces congestion and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown Zipline is redefining access to healthcare consumer products and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct meaningful impact on peoples lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles enjoy facing adversity and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
Zipline is expanding the ground systems and site infrastructure that enable autonomous delivery including Offsite Charging sites and the Zipping Point autonomous loading system. You will own the technical path from customer solution design through permitting construction commissioning and initial operation.
This role sits where customer needs site realities product design and regulatory approvals meet. You will make practical tradeoffs across parallel deployments resolve roadblocks and turn field learning into product changes that make future rollouts simpler and faster.
Lead technical sales and site solution design with customers producing layouts technical documents specifications and cut sheets for new and existing infrastructure.
Own site delivery from initial evaluation through construction commissioning and initial operation coordinating internal teams customers contractors and installation partners.
Develop preconstruction strategies and secure entitlements permits inspections and approvals with jurisdictions utilities planning bodies and Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
Manage parallel site infrastructure and light-commercial construction projects identifying and mitigating preconstruction construction operational and sustaining risks.
Source bid evaluate and manage general contractors and subcontractors across construction assembly and electrical trades while balancing quality reliability schedule and lean budgets.
Translate deployment constraints and customer feedback into prioritized product changes with engineering and business teams to accelerate future Ground Systems rollouts.
Bachelors degree in engineering real estate development finance business administration urban planning architecture construction management or a related field.
4 years of relevant experience in technical hardware sales technical product management real estate development construction or a related field.
Experience designing technical solutions for contractor-installed equipment; experience in light commercial construction is strongly preferred.
Proven experience navigating infrastructure entitlements permitting inspections and approvals with customer real estate or construction teams and AHJs.
Experience working with architectural structural civil electrical or MEP design teams on commercial or industrial development projects.
Ability to communicate technical decisions through sketches technical writing and presentations while escalating risks tradeoffs and opportunities clearly.
Proficiency with CAD tools for site layouts indicative construction designs and technical drawings; based in the METRO region with up to 20% domestic and international travel.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws or our own sensibilities.
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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As set forth in Zipline s Equal Employment Opportunity policy we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Zipline is the world's largest autonomous delivery system, specializing in on-demand drone delivery and instant logistics.