Logistics Specialist (SkillBridge)

About You and The Role

Please Note: The Zipline SkillBridge program provides transitioning service members the opportunity to gain work experience through an internship during their final 180 days of service. Zipline offers both structured instruction and on-the-job training through a 3-4 month internship.

This is not a general employment opportunity. This role is only open to active-duty U.S. military service members who have been approved (or are eligible for approval) to participate in the DoW SkillBridge program. Applications from candidates who are not SkillBridge-eligible cannot be considered.

Zipline’s maintenance hubs depend on parts, tools, and operational assets arriving where they are needed, with accurate records and traceability. As a Logistics Specialist SkillBridge trainee, you will you will own the material and asset flow that enables safe, efficient maintenance operations. You will partner with maintenance, fleet operations, quality, supply chain, and transportation teams. Success means reliable material availability, accurate inventory and asset records, compliant hub vehicles, and fewer avoidable maintenance delays.

What You'll Do

• Receive, inspect, and process inbound components, consumables, and tools; verify shipments against purchase orders, packing lists, and engineering documentation.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through disciplined ERP transactions, cycle counts, discrepancy investigations, corrective actions, traceability, and configuration control.
• Kit, stage, replenish, and deliver materials and tooling to maintenance cells and work centers to support daily maintenance execution.
• Manage inventory, asset accountability, replenishment needs, and equipment movement for Zipping Point operations across sites.
• Own maintenance-hub vehicle readiness through registration, compliance records, preventive maintenance scheduling, repair coordination, fuel-card reconciliation, utilization reporting, and disposition recommendations.
• Coordinate outbound and expedited shipments, including packaging, documentation, carrier scheduling, and transportation-provider communication.
• Improve inventory accuracy, material flow, fleet utilization, and operating procedures through data-driven problem solving, system testing, and process rollouts.

What You'll Bring

• Experience in logistics, inventory management, fleet operations, supply chain, manufacturing, aviation maintenance, or a related operational environment.
• Hands-on experience using ERP, inventory-management, or asset-tracking systems to maintain accurate records and resolve inventory discrepancies.
• Working knowledge of inventory traceability, configuration control, quality processes, and material-handling practices.
• Working knowledge of fleet management, vehicle maintenance scheduling, vendor coordination, and compliance documentation.
• Experience partnering with maintenance, operations, quality, supply chain, and transportation stakeholders.
• Ability to independently prioritize multiple live operational needs and make sound tradeoffs between availability, accuracy, cost, compliance, and maintenance continuity.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work on your feet for extended periods; forklift certification or material-handling equipment experience is preferred.

What Else You Need To Know

SkillBridge start dates are flexible. Housing is not provided.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!