Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment (Onsite)

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 105.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Zipline in the United States seeks a Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment, to design, build, and commission production tooling for aircraft and subsystems at the South San Francisco site. You will own end‑to‑end tooling projects, collaborating with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, reliable production hardware.

You will integrate mechanical, electrical, and sensing interfaces, driving measurable gains in tooling availability, cycle times, and FPY while

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years designing production equipment, fixtures, or custom automation in a high‑volume or fast‑ramping manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated mastery of GD&T, tolerance analysis, mechanism design, material selection, and failure‑mode thinking for assembly tooling.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD; Siemens NX preferred (SolidWorks/Creo experience acceptable with strong NX learning intent).
• Hands‑on experience commissioning equipment on the factory floor: supporting fabrication, build, debug, test, and operator training; comfortable spending most of your week on‑site.
• Practical knowledge of pneumatics, actuators, sensors, linear motion, machine guarding, and industrial electrical interfaces used in tooling and small automation.
• Track record delivering quantitative outcomes (cycle time, uptime, FPY, cost per unit) and making trade‑offs between throughput, reliability, and maintainability.
• Ability to coordinate vendor builds and perform acceptance testing to technical drawings and QA criteria.
• Logistics: role is site‑based out of Zipline’s South San Francisco manufacturing site; expect regular on‑site presence during standard manufacturing shifts, availability for occasional off‑hours commissioning, and up to 15% travel to vendor or field sites.
• Must‑have traits: high ownership of safety and reliability, decisive technical judgment under schedule pressure, comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration, and willingness to elevate and resolve issues that affect fleet readiness.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Mechanism design

Failure‑modes thinking

3D CAD

Vendor coordination

On‑site commissioning

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

Creo

Jobbeschreibung

Zipline in the United States seeks a Mechatronics Engineer, Production Equipment, to design, build, and commission production tooling for aircraft and subsystems at the South San Francisco site. You will own end‑to‑end tooling projects, collaborating with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, reliable production hardware.

You will integrate mechanical, electrical, and sensing interfaces, driving measurable gains in tooling availability, cycle times, and FPY while