Responsibilities
- Support the design and execution of system-level test scenarios across the autonomous software stack.
- Develop and improve validation tools, workflows, automation, visualizations, and performance metrics.
- Work with test infrastructure and data platform teams to run validation pipelines.
- Analyze results, identify root causes of failures or unexpected behavior, and detect performance regressions.
- Document findings and communicate insights to engineering stakeholders.
Requirements
- Completed the second year of undergraduate studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related field; Master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Coursework or project experience in robotics, controls, estimation, navigation, perception, or software development.
- Familiarity with testing, debugging, or validation methodologies through academic or project experience.
- Experience with data analysis using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
- Basic proficiency with a compiled language such as C, C++, or Rust.
- Interest in learning how autonomous systems are validated in real-world environments.
- Preferred experience with hardware, actuators, sensors, software interfaces, robotics competitions, club projects, research labs, requirements development, reliability engineering, or statistical validation.
Benefits
- Full-time internship running from January through April 2027.
- In-person work at Zipline’s South San Francisco office.
- $54 per hour.
- Potential relocation support, housing stipend, overtime pay, paid sick time, and other applicable benefits.
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/