# Lead Manufacturing 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: Senior
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/8040730003?gh_jid=8040730003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-lead-manufacturing-engineer/

## About the role

As a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you will turn complex electro-mechanical products into safe, reliable, repeatable production lines for Zipline’s aircraft, docks, and logistics hardware. You will own assigned final assembly and feeder sub-assembly lines from process definition and tooling through validation, production release, and sustainment. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Coordinate capacity, layouts, equipment, and readiness with Design Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Operations, deliver a validated pilot line and stabilize production
- Own assigned assembly lines and feeder subassemblies from process definition, tooling, and pilot builds through validation, release, and sustainment
- Define and validate assembly sequences, PFMEAs, control plans, SPC, capability studies, first-article processes, and release criteria
- Design, procure, install, and commission fixtures, gauges, tooling, workstations, and ergonomic operator flows
- Improve first-pass yield, throughput, takt time, equipment reliability, downtime, and cost of poor quality against agreed targets
- Lead design-for-manufacturing decisions that balance assembly time, inspection, cost, safety, and field reliability

Tags: Hardware

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-lead-manufacturing-engineer/