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Zipline
Technical Program Manager (Manufacturing Engineering)
Skills
BudgetingSupply Chain
2 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Location:
San Francisco, CA, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
13 August 2026
What they need
- Zipline designs and operates autonomous aircraft, delivery systems, docks, and supporting infrastructure
- Manufacturing Engineering builds the processes, equipment, facilities, and production systems that allow these products to be built safely, reliably, and efficiently at scale
- As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead the cross-functional programs behind factory growth: facility construction, equipment installation, capacity planning, and production scaling
- You will connect factory-floor execution with long-range manufacturing strategy, helping teams make informed tradeoffs and move programs through commissioning into stable production
- Lead facility construction, equipment installation, and manufacturing infrastructure programs from scope definition through procurement, installation, commissioning, and production readiness
- Build integrated plans for schedule, budget, resources, dependencies, risks, decisions, and execution milestones across concurrent manufacturing programs
- Coordinate Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Design Engineering, contractors, vendors, landlords, consultants, and regulatory stakeholders
- Establish governance, operating rhythms, and stage gates for facility and manufacturing investments, including readiness plans for pilot builds and transitions to stable operations
- Own factory capacity-model aggregation across products, production lines, and facilities; standardize assumptions for demand, takt time, yield, labor, utilization, downtime, and equipment constraints
- Translate capacity and growth models into recommendations on facility footprint, equipment investment, staffing, and production strategy; surface bottlenecks and drive timely tradeoff decisions
- Track outcomes including throughput, labor productivity, equipment utilization, first-pass yield, cost of poor quality, schedule adherence, and capital efficiency- Experience leading complex cross-functional manufacturing, facilities, construction, or equipment-installation programs through commissioning or production launch
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, operations, facilities, equipment engineering, or a related field
- Experience developing production capacity models, labor plans, scaling plans, or long-range operational strategies
- Working knowledge of manufacturing metrics, including takt time, throughput, labor utilization, yield, cycle time, downtime, and capacity constraints
- Strong program-management skills across planning, budgeting, risk and dependency management, and executive communication; able to turn detailed analysis into clear recommendations
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, business, or a related discipline
- A hands-on approach and willingness to work in manufacturing and construction environments, using Excel or Google Sheets, project-planning software, and presentation tools
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