Remanufacturing Lead at Zipline in South San Francisco, CA

About Zipline

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.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.

About You and The Role

As a Remanufacturing Lead at Zipline, you'll be responsible for restoring used hardware into flight- and test-ready condition—owning the systems, tools, and team that make it happen. You’ll lead a group of technicians, set up rework and test processes, and work cross-functionally with design, test, and manufacturing teams to keep our fleet moving and scalable.

This is a high-ownership, fast-paced role for an engineer who thrives on hands-on problem solving, building from first principles, and leveling up a team.

What You'll Do

• Lead daily operations for hardware rework and refurbishment
• Manage and train a technician team to hit throughput, quality, and safety goals
• Create and own rework processes, test setups, and supporting documentation
• Partner with Design and Test Engineering to improve reworkability and identify new salvage opportunities
• Drive continuous improvement to increase speed, quality, and hardware yield
• Monitor and report key performance metrics: quality, cycle time, downtime

What You'll Bring

• At least 3+ years of experience in Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related field)
• Hands-on engineering and process development experience in a hardware environment
• Proven track record leading technician teams in a production, RMA, or rework setting
• Strong technical literacy: able to read and interpret schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical documents
• Experience collaborating with engineering to debug, retest, and improve real-world hardware
• Excellent communication, documentation, and organizational skills
• Grit, curiosity, and the drive to own problems end to end

Other Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs and perform hands-on work throughout the day
• Comfort working with tools, chemicals, and hardware in a lab/manufacturing environment (including respirator use when required)

What Else You Need to Know

The starting cash range for this role is $100,000 to $140,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!