Mechanical Engineering Manager (Dropbox)

Join Zipline, a pioneering company in the field of autonomous delivery. As a Mechanical Engineering Manager, you will lead the team responsible for the mechanical architecture, development, production, and field performance of Dropbox, our customer-facing product. You will manage and grow a team of mechanical engineers, own the Dropbox mechanical architecture and roadmap, and drive system trades across various factors. This is a player-coach role where you will set direction, develop engineers, and remain close to the hardware.

• Gérer et développer une équipe d'ingénieurs mécaniques, en établissant des objectifs clairs et en assurant leur formation et leur mentorat.
• Diriger le développement de l'architecture mécanique, de la conception à la production, en veillant à ce qu'elle réponde aux exigences du client et aux normes de sécurité.
• Collaborer avec d'autres départements pour intégrer la conception mécanique avec les systèmes électroniques, logiciels et de contrôle.
• Significant direct technical contributions to mechanical product architecture earlier in your career
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Strong fundamentals in hand calculations, GD&T, tolerance analysis, materials, fatigue, wear, bolted joints, and FEA
• Experience designing around PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, motors, transmissions, sensors, and embedded control systems
• Experience resolving complex production or field failures through disciplined root-cause analysis
• Strong customer judgment and an understanding that usability, serviceability, and fault recovery are engineering requirements
• Deep experience with mechanisms, structures, actuators, sensors, electronics integration, and high-cycle moving assemblies
• Experience defining validation plans and demonstrating safety, reliability, environmental, and lifetime requirements
• Experience with sheet metal, injection-molded plastics, machined parts, castings, extrusions, seals, and relevant high-volume processes
• Demonstrated success with DFM, DFA, supplier engagement, inspection planning, and manufacturing ramp
• Experience leading first-of-a-kind electromechanical products from architecture through production and field deployment
• Past success managing and developing an excellent team of mechanical engineers
• A record of hiring strong engineers and creating a culture of ownership, urgency, and technical rigor
• Experience with outdoor, unattended, or customer-facing electromechanical products
• Experience in robotics, industrial automation, material handling, automotive, appliances, kiosks, or similar systems
• Experience designing powered mechanisms that operate around untrained users
• Experience with environmental sealing, drainage, condensation, corrosion, and wide-temperature operation
• Experience using fleet telemetry or reliability data to improve mechanical hardware
• Experience with Siemens NX
• Aerospace-, automotive-, medical-, or similarly rigorous validation experience
• 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!