# Industrial & Operations Engineer 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
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/7887075003?gh_jid=7887075003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-industrial-and-operations-engineer/

## About the role

As an Industrial & Operations Engineer on the Manufacturing Engineering team, you will own factory performance and scaling . You will take a factory-level view of production—connecting demand, labor, equipment, space, material flow, process capability, and capital investment into an integrated production system. Your job is to understand how the factory performs today, identify what will constrain us tomorrow, and design the systems required to scale.

## What they're looking for

- Own factory-level performance, scalability, and production system design , connecting individual manufacturing processes into an efficient end-to-end production system
- Develop and continuously improve factory and line layouts , optimizing workstation design, material presentation, operator movement, equipment placement, and overall material flow
- Lead time studies, cycle-time analysis, labor modeling, and line balancing to establish production standards and improve labor efficiency
- Build and maintain capacity models that translate demand forecasts into requirements for labor, equipment, tooling, shifts, floor space, and capital
- Identify current and future production bottlenecks , quantify their impact, and lead changes that increase throughput and factory utilization
- Define WIP, buffer, queue, and rework strategies that protect production output while minimizing excess inventory and lead time

Tags: Hardware

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-industrial-and-operations-engineer/