Mobile Test Site Project Manager at Zipline in San Francisco, CA

Job description

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 The Mobile Test Site Project Manager owns the strategy, organization, readiness, and deployment of Zipline’s mobile test sites. These sites allow Flight Test to access environmental and operational conditions that cannot be consistently reproduced at Zipline’s permanent facilities, including unique weather, terrain, and other edge-case environments. This role develops the roadmap for the mobile test site program and ensures each installation can be deployed safely, efficiently, and consistently. The Project Manager will translate engineering demand into a forecasted deployment plan; own site selection, design, allocation, maintenance, safety, and security; and audit deployed sites to confirm established practices are being followed. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, field-oriented project leader who can turn ambiguous testing needs into safe, repeatable mobile operations. They must be comfortable coordinating across engineering, operations, maintenance, safety, security, and external partners while managing multiple deployments in different locations. What You'll Do Program Strategy and Planning Develop and maintain the roadmap for Zipline’s mobile test site program. Partner with engineering teams to forecast testing demand and identify when and where mobile deployments are needed to capture specific environmental or operational edge cases. Translate that demand into an executable plan covering locations, schedules, equipment, staffing, maintenance, and site readiness. Site Development and Deployment Lead mobile sites from concept through deployment, operation, and demobilization. Own location evaluation and selection, site layouts, infrastructure requirements, logistics, vendor coordination, deployment schedules, and readiness reviews. Establish scalable site designs and deployment standards that can be adapted to different test objectives and operating environments. Operations, Maintenance, and Asset Allocation Own the availability, condition, configuration, and allocation of each mobile installation. Maintain a clear view of where assets are located, when they are available, what maintenance is required, and whether they are ready for deployment. Partner with the designated maintenance owner to create and sustain preventive and corrective maintenance programs for mobile site equipment. Standardization, Safety, and Compliance Create and