Electrical Engineer Intern: Build Flight Electronics

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline offers a full-time internship in our South San Francisco or Dallas office, focusing on electrical engineering for our autonomous logistics system. You will join a hands-on team responsible for electronics design, testing, and real-time flight control integration, working across software and hardware disciplines.

Ideal candidates are early-stage undergraduates (second year+) or postgraduate students with a passion for robotics, embedded systems, and practical problem solving, and you will

Qualifications

• Must have at least completed the second year of your Undergraduate studies. Masters and PhD students are also eligible.
• You’ve designed and tested a custom circuit board (it doesn't need to have worked - we'd love to hear about it!)
• You’ve worked on a project in or out of school that moved under its own power (plane, car, boat, quadcopter, rocket, balloon, rocket on a balloon, submarine, rover, etc. - we're not picky)
• You’ve collaborated on the above two things as part of a group - school club, competition team, as part of a job/internship, or just with friends
• In your application, we'd love to see either a sample of work you’re proud of or a short note about your prior experience and how it relates to the three points above.

Responsibilities

• Prototype battery charging electronics for harsher environmental requirements in new countries.
• Architect ground support electronics to assist take-off and landing.
• Develop and deploy test equipment for design validation and production.
• Support design validation campaigns to ensure avionics meet requirements.
• Root cause investigations from test, flight, or field issues.

Skills

Circuit board design

Embedded electronics

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Undergraduate second year completed

Masters or PhD eligible

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Zipline offers a full-time internship in our South San Francisco or Dallas office, focusing on electrical engineering for our autonomous logistics system. You will join a hands-on team responsible for electronics design, testing, and real-time flight control integration, working across software and hardware disciplines.

Ideal candidates are early-stage undergraduates (second year+) or postgraduate students with a passion for robotics, embedded systems, and practical problem solving, and you will