Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
About the role
In this role, you will use your rotordynamics expertise to drive hardware and product design decisions. You will be responsible for the development and definition of rotor and propeller load cases, including setting and upholding analysis requirements, processes, and standards. You will conduct rotordynamics analyses and lead tight design-test-analysis loops to keep our delivery aircraft safe, light, and scalable.
What they're looking for
- Own loads development for the propellers on Zipline’s aircraft
- Perform dynamic analyses of aircraft propellers, including structural modes, forced harmonic vibration, and rotordynamics simulations
- Define rotorcraft loads requirements that support flight performance and vehicle safety
- Build finite element models of propellers and powertrain components for structural and loads analyses
- Work with the aerodynamics and mechanical engineering teams to design high performance propeller and rotor blades
- Collaborate across hardware, software, and vehicle operations to drive rotorcraft configuration and performance decisions
More about this role
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
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