Zipline
Computational Physics Intern (Spring 2027)
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Develop computational tools and physics-based models to analyze and optimize aircraft and fleet design, simulation, and operations.
What you'll do
- Automate high-level design trades, optimizations, and sensitivity studies.
- Improve simulation frameworks and build physics-based aircraft performance models.
- Analyze test data to validate vehicle component models.
What they ask for
- Basic understanding of fundamental physics, including energy and power, heat transfer, electrical circuits, dynamics, fluids, and aerodynamics.
- Expertise in Matlab, Python, Julia, Rust, or similar for modeling, simulation, optimization, and/or data analysis.
- Proficiency in numerical methods.
- Ability to recognize tradeoffs in complex computational analysis frameworks.
Nice to have
- Basic understanding of batteries, electric motors, and/or aircraft dynamics and modeling approaches.
- Experience interpreting experimental data or with model-based systems design.
Pay
$40 per hour (hourly rate)
Tools
Matlab, Python, Julia, Rust
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