Senior Quality Engineer - Manufacturing Excellence

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline in South San Francisco seeks a Quality Engineer to ensure every vehicle leaving the line meets high-performance standards and to drive root-cause analyses that boost yield and production rates.

You will define inspection plans, work with suppliers and cross-functional teams, and own documentation updates to uphold best practices across mechanical, electrical, and composite systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in quality engineering or supplier development in manufacturing.
• Expertise in root-cause analysis tools (5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA).
• Strong technical writing for inspection plans and reports.
• Hands-on inspection techniques for mechanical, electrical, and composite systems; familiarity with GD&T.
• Experience partnering with suppliers on quality improvement and industrialization.

Responsibilities

• Review and disposition discrepancies from all production processes: receiving to end-of-line tests.
• Lead root-cause analyses and drive corrective actions through to closure.
• Collaborate with Supplier Industrialization to provide feedback, qualify new vendors, and improve incoming part quality.
• Define and document inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and rework procedures for common failures in mechanical, electrical, and composite systems.
• Partner with Test and EOL Engineers to iterate on test-station designs, refine protocols, and streamline data capture.
• Occasionally execute hands-on inspections or audits to validate new procedures and train Quality Technicians.
• Analyze quality data and KPIs to identify trends, generate insights, and recommend process improvements.
• Own change-control and revision of quality documentation—SOPs, work instructions, and technical drawings.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

CAPA

GD&T

Tools

Jira

Odoo

Job description

Zipline in South San Francisco seeks a Quality Engineer to ensure every vehicle leaving the line meets high-performance standards and to drive root-cause analyses that boost yield and production rates.

You will define inspection plans, work with suppliers and cross-functional teams, and own documentation updates to uphold best practices across mechanical, electrical, and composite systems.