Quality Engineer

Zipline

San Francisco, United States Posted September 12, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Salary Range

$105,000 - $180,000

Job Description

Join Zipline, a company dedicated to creating effective manufacturing solutions that impact real lives. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will ensure that every vehicle meets high-performance standards, drive root-cause analyses, and implement corrective actions to boost production rates. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, define inspection plans, and analyze quality data to recommend process improvements. This role requires 5+ years of experience in quality engineering or equivalent roles within complex manufacturing environments.

  • Assurer que chaque véhicule quittant la ligne de production respecte les normes de performance élevées de Zipline.
  • Diriger l'analyse des causes profondes et mettre en œuvre des actions correctives pour améliorer le rendement et les taux de production.
  • Collaborer avec les équipes interfonctionnelles pour définir et documenter les plans d'inspection, les procédures de retouche et les retours d'expérience des fournisseurs.
  • 5+ years in quality engineering, supplier development engineering, or equivalent roles within complex manufacturing environments
  • Excellent collaboration skills: able to influence across Engineering, Production, Procurement, and Supplier teams
  • Continuous-improvement orientation with a track record of driving cycle-time reductions or yield improvements
  • Strong technical writing skills: able to craft clear inspection plans, work instructions, and supplier feedback reports
  • Demonstrated expertise in root-cause analysis tools (5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA), control plan development, and corrective-action frameworks (8D, CAPA)
  • Experience partnering with suppliers on quality improvement and industrialization activities
  • Hands-on understanding of mechanical, electrical, and/or composite inspection techniques, plus familiarity with GD&T
  • Experience using and navigating work tracking software such as Jira, and ERP systems such as Odoo
  • 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!
Required Skills
manufacturing collaboration cross-functional collaboration procurement process improvement technical writing Jira ERP
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