Prototype Flight & Test Maintenance 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

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.