Wing

Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineering Intern, Summer 2027

Wing
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17 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAIntern
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Base Salary

$128k - $135k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Prototype new robot behaviors to address business problems.
  • Develop and implement motion-planning, state-estimation, or control algorithms for Wing aircraft.
  • Deploy and validate software in simulated and real environments.
  • Analyze flight data to evaluate approaches at scale.
  • Collaborate with perception, computer vision, machine learning, simulation, aerodynamics and propulsion, and embedded software engineers.

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with graduation between December 2027 and August 2028.
  • Hands-on engineering experience through student project teams, research labs, internships, or other work experience.
  • Coursework in linear algebra, optimization, machine learning, or statistics.
  • Theoretical foundations in data structures and algorithms.
  • Proficiency in C++ or Python.

Benefits

  • Paid 12-week summer internship with start dates in May or June.
  • Hybrid, in-person program based in Palo Alto, California.
  • Benefits are included with the internship position.
  • Eligible candidates must be current students who intend to return to their degree program after the internship.

Tech Stack

Categories

EmbeddedRobotics
Wing

About Wing

51-200 employees

Wing designs, builds, and operates autonomous delivery drones that move small packages from businesses to homes, integrating with retailers and logistics networks for last‑mile delivery. It offers drone delivery services in the U.S. and Australia and provides the aircraft, operations, and software platform. Wing originated at X (Alphabet’s moonshot factory) and is a subsidiary of Alphabet, giving it access to substantial resources and large-scale partners.

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