Geospatial Path Planning Intern

Zipline; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is seeking an intern to contribute to and own portions of the Maps stack, including path planning services used for generating routes flown daily. You will work on spatial data generation, data transformation pipelines, and multi-objective routing to serve customers worldwide.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in startup environments, has completed at least the second year of undergrad, and may be pursuing a Master’s or PhD.

Qualifications

• Must have completed the second year of your Undergraduate studies
• Masters and PhD students are also eligible

Responsibilities

• Contribute to, build, and own portions of Zipline’s Maps stack.
• Work on services that generate routes and spatial planning artifacts
• Use tools to visualize and evaluate geospatial features that impact serviceability
• Improve planning algorithms to make routing fast, safe, and reliable
• Prototype path planning algorithms and integrate multidimensional risk data into routing engine

Skills

Path planning

Geospatial data

Algorithms

Data transformation

Testing practices

Education

Undergraduate student (2nd year)

Masters/PhD eligible

Job description

Zipline is seeking an intern to contribute to and own portions of the Maps stack, including path planning services used for generating routes flown daily. You will work on spatial data generation, data transformation pipelines, and multi-objective routing to serve customers worldwide.

The ideal candidate is comfortable in startup environments, has completed at least the second year of undergrad, and may be pursuing a Master’s or PhD.