Responsibilities
- Develop embedded software, firmware, drivers, and safe software architectures for autonomous aircraft and ground delivery systems.
- Build RF radio test setups, manufacturing software test suites, hardware-in-the-loop integrations, and simulation-based validation tools.
- Develop real-time coprocessor firmware, telemetry systems, and software using ADCs, I2C devices, and GPIO interrupts.
- Prototype and integrate perception systems, compute modules, and sensors for flight proof-of-concept testing.
- Work with mechanical, electrical, operations, and other cross-functional teams to improve aircraft launch, landing, reliability, and global system deployment.
- Validate systems through bench-top, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and real flight testing, and use data to diagnose failures.
Requirements
- Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering and having completed at least the second year of undergraduate studies; Master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Experience designing, building, or deploying electromechanical systems or robots in or outside the classroom.
- Comfort programming in at least one of C, C++, Python, or Rust.
- Experience developing software for a real-time operating system or embedded Linux.
- Basic electrical engineering knowledge, including reading schematics, debugging with an oscilloscope, and using communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, and UART.
- Ability to develop efficient, readable, well-tested code with friendly APIs and minimal technical debt, and to incorporate feedback.
Benefits
- Full-time internship from January 2027 through April 2027.
- In-person work at Zipline’s South San Francisco office.
- Potential relocation support, housing stipend, overtime pay, paid sick time, and other benefits where applicable and subject to local requirements.
About Zipline
Zipline was founded to create the first logistics system that serves all humans equally. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated delivery system. Zipline serves tens of millions of people around the world and is making good on the promise of building an equitable and more resilient global supply chain. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart and enabling leading healthcare providers to bring care into the home in the United States, Zipline is transforming the way goods move. By transitioning to clean, electric, instant logistics, we can decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, and reduce fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access for billions of people. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Zipline is inspiring people, governments, and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information. To join the team, check out our career page: https://flyzipline.com/careers/