Zipline International Inc.
Field Systems Engineer Intern (Spring 2027)
South San Francisco, California, USA · Intern · Internship
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About the role
- As a Field Systems Engineering intern, you'll help solve real problems affecting Zipline's aircraft in the field.
Responsibilities
- Build or improve scripts, dashboards, or diagnostic tools that make issues easier to detect and understand.
- Help design and run tests to check possible failure causes and proposed fixes.
- Work with design engineers, technicians, and operators to learn how systems behave in practice.
- Document your methods, results, and recommendations so others can act on them.
- We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
- Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and by scaling the future of logistics.
- The Avionics team builds and supports the electronics that help Zipline's aircraft sense, compute, communicate, and fly reliably.
- Field Systems Engineering connects that design work with what happens across the operating fleet.
- You'll work with flight data, test hardware, and collaborate with engineers and operations teams to understand how avionics systems perform outside the lab.
- You'll have a mentor and a project you can own, with opportunities to present your findings and see how they inform engineering decisions.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, robotics, computer science, or a related field.
- Experience with hands-on technical projects involving hardware, software, or both.
- Must be proficient and comfortable with using and building AI tools
Nice to have
- What Else You Should Know
- This internship is a full-time position, in-person at our South San Francisco office.
- We will host our Spring 2027 interns from January to April.
- Candidates are limited to three (3) applications within a 30-day period.
- Zipline is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
- Voluntary Self-Identification
- For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.
- Completion of the form is entirely voluntary.
Benefits
- With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
Company info
- We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere.
- We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Zipline is unable to sponsor work visas for applicants to this position
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