Mechanical Design Engineer, Structures & Mechanisms
Zipline · South San Francisco
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- Company
- Zipline
- Location
- South San Francisco
- Salary
- $145,000 – $225,000
- Posted
- August 14, 2026
About this job
About You and The Role Zipline designs, builds, tests, and operates autonomous delivery aircraft that need to operate at scale in a huge variety of environments. The aircraft design is fundamental to the success of Zipline. It balances high performance, low cost, and high reliability and cutting edge thinking/manufacturing processes to achieve those goals. As a Mechanical engineer on our Platform 2 Aircraft Structures & Mechanisms, you will own flight hardware that directly affects flight safety, fleet reliability, manufacturability, and the speed at which we scale service to new regions. At Zipline, design engineers are the primary responsible owner for structural and mechanism components across the full life cycle of hardware from initial concept, design, analysis, test, build, scaling,…
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