Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician

Zipline; Amarillo (TX); On-site; USD 34,440 - 45,460; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid time off

Equity compensation

Overtime pay

Job summary

Zipline in Amarillo, Texas, seeks a Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician to keep prototype flight vehicles, ground infrastructure and test equipment safe, configured and ready for engineering development and field operations.

You will own hands-on maintenance, replace components, run endurance campaigns, and document maintenance/test setups to support reliable data and engineering decisions. Travel to Zipline locations across the United States is required.

Qualifications

• Experience operating machine-shop equipment and building mechanical assemblies, fixtures or test hardware.
• Hands-on experience with electrical/electronic assemblies across power levels and sizes.
• Experience setting up, instrumenting, executing, and documenting hardware tests with engineers.
• Ability to troubleshoot test issues to a first-order diagnosis and communicate evidence for follow-up.
• Ability to interpret electrical specs, mechanical drawings, test procedures and incomplete work instructions.
• Disciplined in organizing test data, maintaining configuration records, and clear written/verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintain prototype aircraft, ground infrastructure, and test equipment to keep campaigns executable and vehicles available for engineering work.
• Replace vehicle components, perform checkouts, and maintain maintenance documentation and configuration records.
• Execute semi-automated checkouts, reliability campaigns, and endurance tests using documented procedures.
• Prepare test articles, equipment, instrumentation, and data-acquisition systems for test execution.
• Verify maintenance and setups meet configuration, safety, instrumentation, and data-capture requirements before tests.
• Independently isolate and document first-order faults; surface deviations and escalate root-cause resolution to engineers.
• Produce test reports linking observations to reliability improvements and vehicle readiness.
• Travel to support testing and maintenance at Zipline locations across the United States.

Skills

Machine shop equipment

Electrical assemblies

Test hardware

Troubleshooting

Reading drawings

Data organization

Written and verbal communication

Job description

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 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.

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 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.

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 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 world’s 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 we’ve 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 people’s 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.

About You And The Role

Zipline builds autonomous delivery systems that move essential goods. As a Maintenance Operations Engineering Technician in Amarillo, Texas, you will keep prototype flight vehicles, ground infrastructure, and test equipment safe, configured, and ready for engineering development and field operations. You will own hands‑on maintenance and test execution: replacing components, preparing vehicles and test setups, running endurance campaigns, and isolating first‑order issues. Your work enables safe test execution, reliable data capture, accurate configuration records, and evidence engineers use for design and vehicle‑readiness decisions. This role is based on a site in Amarillo, Texas, with flexibility required to support testing operations at other locations across the United States.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain prototype aircraft, ground infrastructure, and test equipment to keep approved test campaigns executable and vehicles available for engineering work.
• Replace vehicle components, perform checkouts, and maintain complete maintenance documentation and configuration records.
• Execute semi‑automated vehicle checkouts, reliability campaigns, and endurance tests using documented procedures and repeatable setups.
• Prepare test articles, equipment, instrumentation, and data‑acquisition systems so test specifications can be executed as written.
• Verify completed maintenance and test setups meet documented configuration, safety‑check, instrumentation, and data‑capture requirements before test execution.
• Independently isolate and document first‑order test‑system or test‑article faults; surface deviations and elevate root‑cause resolution to engineers.
• Produce test reports that connect observations and data to reliability improvements, design iterations, and vehicle‑readiness decisions.
• Travel to support testing, maintenance, and operational needs at other Zipline locations across the United States.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience operating common machine‑shop equipment and building mechanical assemblies, fixtures, jigs, or test hardware.
• Hands‑on experience with electrical and electronic assemblies across different power levels and component sizes.
• Experience setting up, instrumenting, executing, and documenting hardware or hardware/software tests alongside engineers.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot test issues to a first‑order diagnosis and communicate clear evidence for engineering follow‑up.
• Ability to interpret electrical specifications, mechanical drawings, test procedures, diagrams, and incomplete work instructions.
• Discipline in organizing test data, maintaining configuration records, and communicating findings clearly in writing and verbally.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights and weekends, on site in Amarillo, Texas.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time, including trips of up to two weeks, to support testing operations across the United States.

What Else You Need to Know

The hourly rate for this role is $25 - $33. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; 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 to race, 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.