Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment On-Site

Telemetry Today LLC; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking a Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment, to integrate production tooling, electrical interfaces, sensors, and actuators for aircraft and electro-mechanical subsystems. You will own end-to-end equipment projects from requirements through vendor oversight to production release, on-site on the factory floor.

You’ll work with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to meet safety and reliability standards, improving tooling availability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in GD&T and tolerance analysis.
• Hands-on factory floor commissioning experience.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Integrate mechanical motion, pneumatics, sensors, actuators, industrial electrical interfaces, and safety interfaces into production-ready tooling and small automation.
• Debug interactions between mechanisms, sensing, actuation, and controls; verify integrated equipment behavior during vendor acceptance and factory commissioning.
• Own end-to-end integration and delivery of production equipment and tooling projects for aircraft and electro-mechanical subsystems: requirements, CAD (Siemens NX), detailed drawings, vendor fabrication oversight, build, commissioning, and production release.
• Deliver measurable improvements: increase tooling availability above 95%, reduce manual assembly cycle time by 20–40% per station, and improve first-pass yield (FPY) on targeted assemblies by at least 10% within the first 6–12 months of deployment.
• Design and install alignment fixtures, press and torque tooling, ergonomic operator stations, poka-yoke devices, handling/transport fixtures, and automated end-of-line test rigs tied to build and test specs for aircraft, battery packs, and docks.
• Perform on-line debugging and rapid root-cause analysis during launches and ramp phases; be prepared to run weekend or evening commissioning efforts during critical releases.
• Develop and apply tooling design standards, GD&T practices, tolerance stacks, and material/process selections that meet safety and maintainability requirements for autonomous hardware.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Test Engineering, and Field Operations to align tooling scope, test requirements, and production schedules.
• Work directly with fabricators and vendors: write technical RFQs, evaluate proposals, verify vendor QC, and perform acceptance testing at build and after installation.

Skills

Mechanical design

GD&T

3D CAD

On-site

Vendor coordination

FPY improvement

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

Job description

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking a Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment, to integrate production tooling, electrical interfaces, sensors, and actuators for aircraft and electro-mechanical subsystems. You will own end-to-end equipment projects from requirements through vendor oversight to production release, on-site on the factory floor.

You’ll work with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to meet safety and reliability standards, improving tooling availability and