Electrical Engineer Intern: Drone Systems & Robotics

Zipline; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person internship

Job summary

Zipline seeks an Electrical Engineering intern to join our team in South San Francisco or Dallas, contributing to the electronics and software that power our scalable instant logistics system.

You'll prototype new battery charging electronics, work on ground support electronics, and develop test equipment for design validation. Applicants should be early in undergrad studies (2nd year+); Masters/PhD welcome. On-site internships for Spring 2027 run January–April/May.

Qualifications

• Completed at least the second year of undergraduate study.
• Exposure to C++ or Java and object-oriented programming is a bonus.
• Masters/PhD students are eligible for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Prototyping and testing battery charging electronics; own projects within the internship.
• Architecting ground support electronics to assist air vehicle take-off and landing.
• Developing and deploying test equipment (e.g., EOLs) for design validation and production.
• Support design validation campaigns to ensure avionics meet reliability requirements.
• Root cause investigation for test, flight, or field issues.

Skills

C++

Java

Object-oriented programming

Education

Second year undergraduate

Graduate studies welcome

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Zipline seeks an Electrical Engineering intern to join our team in South San Francisco or Dallas, contributing to the electronics and software that power our scalable instant logistics system.

You'll prototype new battery charging electronics, work on ground support electronics, and develop test equipment for design validation. Applicants should be early in undergrad studies (2nd year+); Masters/PhD welcome. On-site internships for Spring 2027 run January–April/May.