Tooling & Equipment Engineer — High-Impact Manufacturing

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Zipline is seeking a Production Equipment & Tooling Engineer in South San Francisco to own the design and deployment of fixtures, workstations, and end‑of‑line test rigs that enable aircraft assembly and battery integration.

You will drive tooling enhancements, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and manage vendor relationships to ensure safety, reliability, and high throughput on production lines.

Qualifications

• 2+ years designing production equipment, fixtures, or custom automation in a high‑volume or fast‑ramping manufacturing environment.
• 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.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD; Siemens NX preferred (SolidWorks/Creo experience acceptable with strong NX learning intent).
• Demonstrated mastery of GD&T, tolerance analysis, mechanism design, material selection, and failure‑mode thinking for assembly tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment requirements, acceptance criteria, production handoff, and sustainment so tooling remains safe, available, and maintainable through production ramps.
• Own end‑to‑end 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 FPY by at least 10% within 6–12 months.

Skills

High ownership of safety and reliab

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks/Creo

Job description

Zipline is seeking a Production Equipment & Tooling Engineer in South San Francisco to own the design and deployment of fixtures, workstations, and end‑of‑line test rigs that enable aircraft assembly and battery integration.

You will drive tooling enhancements, coordinate cross‑functional teams, and manage vendor relationships to ensure safety, reliability, and high throughput on production lines.