Responsibilities
- Support the design and execution of test scenarios across the autonomous software stack to validate system-level requirements.
- Develop and improve validation tools, workflows, and automation.
- Build visualizations and metrics highlighting performance trends, gaps, and regressions.
- Work with test infrastructure and data platform teams to run validation pipelines.
- Analyze results and help identify root causes of failures or unexpected behavior.
- Document findings and communicate insights to engineering stakeholders.
Requirements
- Complete the second year of undergraduate study in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related field; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Have coursework or project experience in robotics, controls, estimation, navigation, perception, or software development.
- Have familiarity with testing, debugging, or validation methodologies through academic or project experience.
- Have data analysis experience using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
- Have basic proficiency with a compiled language such as C, C++, or Rust.
- Demonstrate curiosity, attention to detail, and willingness to learn autonomous-system validation.
- Preferred experience includes hardware, actuators, sensors, software interfacing, robotics competitions, club projects, research labs, requirements development, reliability engineering, or statistical validation.
Benefits
- Full-time, in-person internship at the South San Francisco office.
- Summer 2027 internship period from May/June through August/September.
- Possible relocation support and housing stipend.
- Overtime pay and paid sick time may be available, 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/