Mechanical Engineering Manager, Zipline
Site Infrastructure, Ground Systems
$190-225k
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, CA)
Transforming the way goods move
Open for applications
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$190-225k
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up access to emergency medical care to everyone in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Past success leading engineering teams to rapidly develop first of its kind hardware and deploy into the field with the level of rigor that a high volume or safety critical application requires
- Deep technical depth in structures, mechanisms or safety system design. You have made impactful and direct contributions at the architectural level in your career
- Enthusiasm for building a team - finding and convincing top talent to join you in your work
- Past success managing and developing an excellent team of engineers
- Past success bringing products through the full product development life cycle using high volume manufacturing practices
What the job involves
- Zipline is hiring a Mechanical Engineering Manager that is excited to support the scaling of life saving operations in the field as well as execute clean sheet innovative designs for our next generation of ground system infrastructure for our Platform 2 system
- Platform 2 represents a groundbreaking innovation for Zipline as we prepare to scale the deployment and operation of our systems across urban metros to revolutionize the way life-saving products are delivered and ramp to 100s of millions of deliveries per year
- As the lead of this team, you will be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineers with broad cross-functional engagement to develop and deliver the ground infrastructure for internal and partner site integration across healthcare, retail and restaurant applications and global metros
- This effort will enable Zipline’s impact to expand from 100’s of thousand deliveries/year to 100’s of millions in a wide variety of environmental conditions around the world
- This person will be responsible for the design of Platform 2 ground systems infrastructure and equipment including mounts for aircraft docking and charging stations and packaging loading integration at our partners
- This will include leading the team through the launch of Platform 2 operations including operational triage, root causing and strategic mitigation
- This leader will also drive the definition of, and shepherd in the next generation of site infrastructure design to unlock scaling deployments and seamless partner integration to ramp customer deliveries
- They will act as a player-coach who is as comfortable providing strategic vision as they are being in the weeds of the team's designs and technical mentorship
- Zipline is integrated into national health care systems and we are responsible for rapid delivery of life saving products
- We engineer our systems to be efficient, reliable, and easy to maintain
- The ideal candidate will have an outstanding technical background, delights in driving product definition with a customer-centric attitude, and enjoys leading and growing engineers as they continue to revolutionize the supply chain and logistic industry
- The success of this team will define our partner experience and is vital to the success of Zipline overall
- Develop large structures and mechanisms that can be built at high volume with responsibility for all load cases and safety factors/margin
- Work with Industrial Design, Go To Market and New Deployments to deliver aesthetic, seamless integrated and easy to deploy products
- Drive system level datuming/tolerancing strategy to achieve excellent manufacturability/serviceability
- Design customer centric products that meet reliability and lifetime requirements, demonstrated through component and system testing
- Drive architecture and tradeoffs in system design to optimize for full cost of ownership
- Leverage your technical leadership experience in relevant fields to establish a team culture that biases towards action and tests ideas to achieve radically simple designs
- Build strong cross functional relationships, navigate competing constraints to drive product architecture and roadmapping with customer-centric design
- Motivate your team with a clear vision and create ambitious plans for your team’s work while holding a high bar for technical quality
- Build your team by hiring world class engineers
Our take
Zipline is transforming the way goods move by creating the first logistics system that serves all humans equally via a drone delivery service. As the first emergency drone logistics operation, Zipline is fundamentally changing how we transport emergency medical supplies and has expanded into commercial deliveries. It's partnered with several major companies, including Walmart.
Zipline has an edge over potential future competitors as the company has thousands of hours and over 35 million miles of flight to prove the system is safe and effective. It’s also one of the first companies to receive a full commercial operating certificate, putting Zipline in a strong position to continuously branch out to other markets.
The unicorn company operates globally and has signed its first government contract with Rwanda to provide up to 2 million drone deliveries by 2029. It is also aiming to start commercial deliveries to individual households in the near future. With big companies such as Amazon and Walmart examining “instant” delivery options, Zipline has a proven track record and the equipment and logistics in place to provide such services. 2023 funding pushed Zipline's valuation to a staggering $4.2 billion, indicating a bright future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2023
$330m
SERIES F
Jul 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $813.7m
Company benefits
- Generous parental leave
- Generous vacation policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly team events
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Healthy, delicious meals and snacks
- Dog-friendly offices
Company values
- Customer obsession - The standard of care
- Ownership - Getting the job done
- Transparency - Breeds trust
- Continuous improvement - Tackling hard problems
- Serve Your Species - Empowering one another
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Having studied Economics and Biotechnology at Harvard, they worked for almost 11 months as a self-employed rock climber. They combined their academic and practical experience to co-found Zipline in July 2011.
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