# Controls Engineer, Production Equipment at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8040746003?gh_jid=8040746003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-controls-engineer-production-equipment/

## About the role

Zipline’s Manufacturing Engineering team delivers the production systems that turn autonomous delivery aircraft and their subsystems into reliable, repeatable products at scale. As a Controls Engineer, Production Equipment based at Coop, Zipline’s South San Francisco manufacturing site, you will develop and integrate the controls and electrical interfaces that make production fixtures, workstations, and automated equipment operate safely and repeatably. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Develop and validate equipment sequences, interlocks, sensor and actuator interfaces, and fault-recovery behavior against assembly requirements and safety criteria
- Diagnose control and electrical-interface faults during build, acceptance, and production ramps, coordinate changes with mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineers
- Perform on-line debugging and rapid root‑cause analysis during launches and ramp phases, be prepared to run weekend or evening commissioning efforts during critical releases
- Coordinate cross-functionally with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Test Engineering, and Field Operations to align tooling scope, test requirements, and production schedules
- Work directly with fabricators and vendors: write technical RFQs, evaluate proposals, verify vendor QC, and perform acceptance testing at build and after installation

Tags: Manufacturing

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-controls-engineer-production-equipment/