Design Manager / Projects Manager

About the role

Zipline is building a distributed physical infrastructure network to support autonomous delivery. As the Design Manager / Projects Manager , you will be the technical orchestrator of our expansion engine, responsible for managing the design lifecycle of ground systems across multiple metros in parallel. You will bridge the gap between site acquisition and construction, ensuring that every site has a flawless technical and tactical roadmap and is excuted betaing time and schedule goals. This is a high-impact role. You aren't just managing drawings; you are accelerating the deployment of a new industry. You will lead the process for technical permit sets-specifically Civil and Electrical-driving them from initial conceptual layouts through rigorous city reviews to final permit release. You must be a "general athlete" who can speak the language of engineers, city planners, and contractors and internal stakeholders to resolve timeline-blocking issues before they impact our launch dates.

Responsibilities

• Project and Program Ownership
• Own the end-to-end delivery and design process for multiple concurrent site development projects across diverse metros, spanning concept through permit approval and construction drawing issuance.
• Drive and accelerate project schedules, ensuring timely progression through key milestones (concept, permit submission, IFC).
• Proactively identify and resolve schedule constraints, technical roadblocks, design, constructability, and site constraints early to reduce downstream risk and rework.
• Manage project budgets related to design, engineering.
• Track risks, dependencies, and critical path items across the portfolio of projects.
• Design and Technical Workflow Management
• Oversee the creation, refinement, and adjustment of Civil and Electrical engineering drawing sets, managing the workflow from Initial Layouts -> Permit Sets -> Construction Release.
• Manage and coordinate cross-functional design teams (civil, electrical, structural, architectural) to produce complete, compliant drawing sets.
• Standardize design processes, templates, and specifications to improve scalability and consistency across sites.
• Drive "design for deployability" by providing feedback loops to hardware engineering teams based on field insights and jurisdictional constraints.
• Permitting and Regulatory Tracking
• Oversee permitt

Benefits

Additional Information

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 Zipline Do you want to change the world? Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world's most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are. From powering Rwanda's national blood delivery network and Ghana's COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart, to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes, we are transforming the way things move for businesses, governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

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