Responsibilities
- Assist with Hardware-in-the-Loop and flight tests validating interactions among Zipline’s Zip, Droid, and Dock systems.
- Build and refine automated pipelines that test software before flight deployment.
- Design and improve tools for stress-testing off-nominal system cases.
- Analyze and troubleshoot hardware and software issues discovered during testing.
- Design and execute system-level validation plans with a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Develop and enhance scripts and tools supporting automated testing workflows.
- Learn and apply reliability and quality practices for complex safety-critical systems.
Requirements
- Completed the second year of undergraduate studies; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Strong understanding of engineering design fundamentals and ability to triage technical issues and identify root causes.
- Experience writing Rust or Python scripts to automate tasks or tests through coursework or personal projects.
- Hands-on experience writing Python tests with Pytest or Unittest.
- Familiarity with creating and executing software or hardware test and validation plans.
- Hands-on problem-solving experience, including debugging and triaging technical issues.
- General understanding of electrical systems such as motors, sensors, cameras, and onboard computers.
- Experience working in a Linux environment and using command-line tools.
- Familiarity with Git, Bazel, and Jira.
- Basic understanding of networking concepts such as RPC or sockets.
- Experience with CI tools such as GitHub Actions or Buildkite.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills for documenting test results and tracking issues.
Benefits
- Full-time, in-person internship at the South San Francisco office from January through April 2027.
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/