2 months ago
South San Francisco, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Work on services that generate routes and spatial planning artifacts.
- Use visualization and evaluation tools for geospatial features affecting serviceability.
- Improve access to spatial data worldwide.
- Improve planning algorithms for fast, safe, and reliable routing.
- Validate spatial planning artifacts against flight requirements and contribute to data-generation and transformation pipelines.
Requirements
- Must have completed at least the second year of undergraduate studies; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
- Deep understanding of algorithmic optimization.
- Proficient coding and programming skills.
- Understanding of automated testing practices.
- Preferred experience supporting or developing novel algorithmic research.
- Preferred experience with spatial data.
Benefits
- Full-time Summer 2027 internship running from May or June through August or September.
- In-person work at Zipline’s South San Francisco office.
Categories
Robotics
About Zipline
Zipline designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone delivery systems for healthcare, retail, and public-sector customers. The privately held company runs end-to-end logistics—aircraft, software, and fulfillment—to deliver blood, vaccines, medicines, and consumer goods. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Zipline operates across multiple continents; notable work includes Rwanda’s national blood deliveries and U.S. home delivery pilots with Walmart.