Flight Controls Intern: Shape Autonomous Delivery Tech

Zipline; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 3,444,000 - 4,822,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person internship

Mentorship

Job summary

Zipline invites an intern to join the Flight Controls team in a hands-on role at our South San Francisco or Dallas offices. You will work on real flight software and simulation tools to improve autonomous delivery systems, with mentorship and impactful projects that fly into production.

The internship runs Summer 2027,.full-time, in-person, May/June to August/September, providing exposure to data-driven flight testing, control algorithms, and end-to-end system validation.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded software development and data-driven debugging.
• Exposure to flight controls or autonomous systems is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate in a multi-developer environment and communicate results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, implementation, testing and release of flight control software components.
• Develop and improve simulation and controls analysis tools to predict vehicle performance.
• Analyze flight data to assess changes, regressions, and potential improvements.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

MATLAB

Python

Github

Simulation

Control theory

Education

B.S. in engineering or related field

Tools

Github

Job description

Zipline invites an intern to join the Flight Controls team in a hands-on role at our South San Francisco or Dallas offices. You will work on real flight software and simulation tools to improve autonomous delivery systems, with mentorship and impactful projects that fly into production.

The internship runs Summer 2027,.full-time, in-person, May/June to August/September, providing exposure to data-driven flight testing, control algorithms, and end-to-end system validation.