Production Test Software Engineer – Automation & MES

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Equity compensation

Paid time off

Job summary

Zipline is seeking a Software Engineer, Production Test to own the software that orchestrates electrical, functional, and automated testing of Zipline aircraft, docks, delivery pods, and subassembly hardware. You will develop reproducible test flows, instrument interfaces, data logging, and MES integration, and carry that software through tester validation, deployment, and sustainment.

Working closely with electrical, mechanical, firmware, quality, and manufacturing partners, you will debug test

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical, Mechatronics, Mechanical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on instrumentation, signal measurement, power delivery, sensors, actuators, PCBA debugging.
• Strong test-automation experience; Python preferred; LabVIEW/TestStand or embedded test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implement test automation and data pipelines for repeatable execution, logging, MES/MFG integration, and production dashboards.
• Own production testers and calibration stations from requirements through build, installation, validation, release, and sustainment.
• Define test coverage, pass/fail limits, golden units, GR&R, capability targets, and release criteria with design, firmware, quality, and operations partners.
• Build electrical and functional testers that integrate harnessing, DAQ, sensors, actuators, power systems, safety interlocks, and fixtures.
• Troubleshoot PCBA failures, tester instability, fixture issues, software defects, and tester correlations on the factory floor.
• Improve first-pass yield, false-fail rate, cycle time, uptime, and utilization; set targets and report progress monthly.
• Coordinate vendor builds, FAT/SAT, qualification, training, calibration, spares, and change control.
• Standardize tester interfaces and automation to reduce operator steps and touch time; maintain procedures and validation records.

Skills

Test automation

Python

LabVIEW

TestStand

Embedded testing

Education

Electrical Eng

Tools

CAN

UART

Ethernet

I2C

SPI

USB

Job description

Zipline is seeking a Software Engineer, Production Test to own the software that orchestrates electrical, functional, and automated testing of Zipline aircraft, docks, delivery pods, and subassembly hardware. You will develop reproducible test flows, instrument interfaces, data logging, and MES integration, and carry that software through tester validation, deployment, and sustainment.

Working closely with electrical, mechanical, firmware, quality, and manufacturing partners, you will debug test