Maintenance Lead, Austin

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 Zipline’s US Operations depend on aircraft that are safe, compliant, and ready to fly for customer deliveries.

As UAS Maintenance Lead, you will own daily maintenance execution for a local fleet, turning inspections, repairs, and aircraft intake into reliable operational availability. You will lead technicians and Shift Leads while staying hands-on in the maintenance environment. You will make airworthiness decisions within approved maintenance procedures, escalate engineering or compliance questions through the appropriate channels, and build the shop-floor discipline that supports dependable growth.

What You'Ll Do

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• Conduct maintenance planning to support continued airworthiness and fleet health programs. • Coach Maintenance Technicians and Shift Leads through training, clear expectations, direct feedback, and performance accountability. • Track and improve aircraft downtime, uptime, turnaround, first-time-fix quality, backlog closure, and technician productivity.

• Enforce maintenance SOPs, safety protocols, qualification practices, and audit-ready records. • Partner with engineering and compliance to root-cause recurring issues, resolve escalations, and improve maintenance processes. • Monitor performance KPIs and ensure the safe and efficient execution of maintenance operations.

What You'll Bring • 5+ years of hands-on maintenance, fleet, service-operations, or technical leadership experience in automotive, autonomy, aviation, or a related field. • Experience leading daily execution in a safety-sensitive or regulated maintenance environment.