# Electrical Engineer, Production Test 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: $125K to $145K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8040736003?gh_jid=8040736003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-electrical-engineer-production-test/

## About the role

We are hiring an Electrical Engineer, Production Test to own electrical, functional, and automated test systems that verify Zipline aircraft, dock, delivery pod, and subassembly hardware at scale. Zipline operates safety-critical autonomous aircraft and logistics systems that deliver medicine and essentials across varied field conditions; production test directly affects fleet uptime, field reliability, and customer deliveries. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Develop instrumentation, harnesses, connectors, DAQ, power delivery, and electrical test interfaces with attention to signal integrity, power integrity, and safe measurement
- Debug PCBA-level failures and product communications, establish electrical and functional pass/fail limits with design and quality partners, and maintain calibration and tester correlation
- Architect and implement electrical and functional testers including harnessing, DAQ, sensors/actuators, power systems, safety interlocks, and mechanical fixtures to meet cycle-time and throughput targets
- Implement test automation and data pipelines (Python, LabVIEW/TestStand or equivalent) to enable reproducible, high-throughput test flows, data logging, MES/MFG integration, and production dashboards
- Improve first-pass yield, false-fail rate, tester uptime, utilization, and per-unit cycle time, set targets and report progress monthly
- Troubleshoot and resolve production escalations on the floor: debug PCBA-level electrical failures, tester instability, fixture issues, SW bugs, and product/tester correlation failures under time pressure

Tags: Manufacturing

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