# Mechatronics 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/8040738003?gh_jid=8040738003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-mechatronics-engineer-production-test/

## About the role

We are hiring a Mechatronics 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

- Build electrical and functional testers that integrate harnessing, DAQ, sensors, actuators, power systems, safety interlocks, and mechanical fixtures
- Own production testers and calibration stations from requirements through internal or vendor build, installation, validation, release, and sustainment
- Define test coverage, pass/fail limits, golden units, GR&R, capability targets, and release criteria with design, firmware, quality, and operations partners
- Implement test automation and data pipelines for repeatable execution, logging, MES/MFG integration, and production dashboards
- Troubleshoot PCBA failures, tester instability, fixture issues, software defects, and product/tester correlation failures on the factory floor
- Improve first-pass yield, false-fail rate, cycle time, uptime, and utilization, set targets and report progress monthly

Tags: Manufacturing

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