Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Using robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.
As the Head of Manufacturing Engineering, you will lead the effort to scale our in-house manufacturing capabilities while continuously developing new processes to support design changes and new internal builds. You’ll leverage your deep technical expertise to understand core design requirements and ensure they are consistently met during assembly. This role is highly cross-functional, involving close collaboration with design engineers, supplier industrial engineers, operations program managers, quality engineers, maintenance engineers, and manufacturing technicians.
As the ultimate owner of all in-house manufacturing, your team will be responsible for developing and validating all manufacturing processes, designing and modifying line layouts, and managing equipment design and fabrication. Your first major initiative will focus on developing multiple new manufacturing lines, along with the supporting processes and equipment, to bring in-house production of complex electro-mechanical sub-assemblies that feed into our top-level systems.
You are a seasoned manufacturing engineer with a strong track record of developing production lines from early prototypes to fully scaled (and potentially highly automated) manufacturing. You have a deep understanding of failure modes that can impact high-volume production, and you proactively design processes to detect or prevent issues before they arise. With a solid grasp of both manufacturing limitations and capabilities, you propose design solutions that are efficient to produce and easy to inspect.
You take a critical and unbiased approach to process evaluation, distinguishing between what must be fixed and what would be nice to fix. You raise design and process concerns with humility, creating a collaborative environment where engineers feel empowered to share ideas. As an experienced mentor, you are a trusted technical leader—sharing best practices, reviewing designs, and supporting the development of junior team members.
As the Head of Manufacturing Engineering, you will lead the effort to scale our in-house manufacturing capabilities while continuously developing new processes to support design changes and new internal builds. You’ll leverage your deep technical expertise to understand core design requirements and ensure they are consistently met during assembly. This role is highly cross-functional, involving close collaboration with design engineers, supplier industrial engineers, operations program managers, quality engineers, maintenance engineers, and manufacturing technicians.
As the ultimate owner of all in-house manufacturing, your team will be responsible for developing and validating all manufacturing processes, designing and modifying line layouts, and managing equipment design and fabrication. Your first major initiative will focus on developing multiple new manufacturing lines, along with the supporting processes and equipment, to bring in-house production of complex electro-mechanical sub-assemblies that feed into our top-level systems.
You are a seasoned manufacturing engineer with a strong track record of developing production lines from early prototypes to fully scaled (and potentially highly automated) manufacturing. You have a deep understanding of failure modes that can impact high-volume production, and you proactively design processes to detect or prevent issues before they arise. With a solid grasp of both manufacturing limitations and capabilities, you propose design solutions that are efficient to produce and easy to inspect.
You take a critical and unbiased approach to process evaluation, distinguishing between what must be fixed and what would be nice to fix. You raise design and process concerns with humility, creating a collaborative environment where engineers feel empowered to share ideas. As an experienced mentor, you are a trusted technical leader—sharing best practices, reviewing designs, and supporting the development of junior team members.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
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