Summer 2027 Engineering Internship

Haast Autonomous; San Francisco (CA); On-site; Full time

Job description

Haast Autonomous is building an autonomous aircraft network for time-sensitive medical logistics. We’re developing long-range VTOL aircraft, autonomy software, and the operational foundation needed to move critical payloads between hospitals, labs, and healthcare facilities on-demand faster and more reliably.

We’re early, small, and moving quickly. Joining now means you'll have a direct role in shaping the foundation of Haast — our culture, engineering process, testing discipline, partner relationships, and the path from prototype to a real medical logistics network.

We’re looking for high-agency people who want ownership, urgency, and system-level impact from day one.

About The Role

Haast is seeking Summer Engineering Interns to join our aircraft development team. This is a hands‑on opportunity for students eager to work directly with autonomous aircraft—not just observe, but actively contribute to real hardware and engineering decisions. Interns will collaborate closely with the founding engineering team across aircraft design, prototyping, avionics, simulation, manufacturing, and flight‑testing.

What You’ll Do

• Support the design, build, and testing of autonomous aircraft prototypes.
• Work in one or more key areas: airframe design, mechanical design, prototyping, avionics, controls, simulation, manufacturing, or flight-test support.
• Build, assemble, modify, and repair aircraft hardware.
• Create CAD models, test fixtures, documentation, analysis, or simulation tools according to your background.
• Assist with flight-test preparation, data review, repairs, and design iteration.
• Work directly with engineers to turn test results into tangible improvements.
• Own a meaningful project that directly contributes to our aircraft development program.

You May Be a Fit If You Are

• Pursuing a degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, robotics, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Excited about aircraft, drones, autonomy, hardware, or medical logistics.
• Hands‑on and willing to work in a shop, hangar, or field‑test environment.
• Comfortable learning quickly and navigating ambiguity.
• Practical, self‑directed, and ready to take ownership.
• Eager to work in an early‑stage startup where priorities shift quickly and the work is meaningful.

Nice to Have

• Experience with CAD, 3D printing, drones, aircraft, robotics, controls, simulation, electronics, or manufacturing.
• Participation in student projects like rocketry, Formula SAE, robotics, UAV teams, design teams, research labs, or personal hardware projects.
• Familiarity with Python, MATLAB, SolidWorks, ArduPilot, PX4, electronics, composites, or flight testing.
• Experience building something that had to actually work in the real world.

We care more about agency, ownership, taste, and evidence that you can build than whether you match every bullet point. If you have worked on aircraft, drones, robots, vehicles, rockets, or other hard technical systems and want to help build something from the ground up, we want to hear from you.