What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer position at Zipline?
Join Zipline and Help Transform the World
Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move, solving the world's most urgent and complex access challenges. Our technology includes robotics and autonomy, decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution.
About You and The Role
We are looking for talented engineers to design and integrate critical electronic systems for our vehicles. As a mechanical design engineer, you will be responsible for the zero-to-one mechanical design(s) of our perception hardware, with a focus on our next generation drone's interconnects systems made up of Flex-PCBA(s), and connectors.
Responsibilities
- Fully own the architecture and integration of critical flight electronics and perception hardware into the Zipline family of vehicles
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on vehicle level optimizations and system designs
- Use hand calcs, FEA, statistics, test campaigns and computer-aided designs (CAD) to ensure all the hardware meets the requirements for safe, reliable flight
- Lead design reviews, and document your work clearly, concisely and robustly
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in an engineering discipline
- Experience designing components and systems optimizing for conflicting requirements
- Demonstrated CAD fluency (any software)
- Willing to travel as needed to bring up suppliers
Nice To Have
- Excellent communication - written, verbal, and visual
- Demonstrated ownership of hardware though the full product life cycle outside of a classroom setting
The starting cash range for this role is $150,000 - $210,000, including equity compensation, discretionary annual or performance bonuses, sales incentives, benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, and more.
Salary : $150,000 - $210,000
