Mechanical Engineer, RF Systems

Zipline builds and operates autonomous delivery systems that depend on reliable communication, navigation, and surveillance links.

system is inseparable from its mechanical implementation: antenna position, orientation, ground plane, surrounding structures, radome materials, feed routing, connector interfaces, shielding, tolerances, water exposure, and structural deformation can determine whether a link works reliably in the field.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer for RF Systems, you will own the physical architecture and mechanical design of antenna and RF assemblies used across Zipline’s avionics systems.

, cellular, Wi-Fi, command-and-control, ADS-B, and other current or future wireless systems.

You will work closely with RF, Electrical,

, Systems, Navigation, Flight Test, Manufacturing, and vehicle-structure teams.

Own end-to-end mechanical design for antenna and RF assemblies, including architecture, packaging, CAD, drawings, specifications, tolerance analysis, BOMs, and production release.

Translate link-budget, antenna-pattern, polarization, isolation, desense, environmental, structural, and vehicle-level requirements into measurable mechanical constraints.

Establish antenna placement, orientation, keep-out, ground-plane, separation, and installation requirements across vehicle structures and avionics assemblies.

Design antenna mounts, radomes, housings, RF shields, feedline routing, connector interfaces, strain relief, grounding features, and serviceable module assemblies.

Define mechanical shielding, seam, gasket, grounding, and bonding strategies that contain digital and power-system emissions while avoiding unintended antenna effects.

Partner with RF and Test engineers on measurements including S-parameters,