Zipline
Electrical Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Education
- At least completed the second year of undergraduate studies; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
About the job
Designs, prototypes, tests, and investigates electrical systems for Zipline’s autonomous delivery platforms and supporting ground equipment.
What you'll do
- Develop electrical projects such as battery-charging electronics, ground-support electronics, and production or design-validation test equipment.
- Support design validation and reliability testing of avionics products.
- Investigate root causes of product issues found in testing, flight, or field operations.
What they ask for
- At least completed the second year of undergraduate studies; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Designed and tested a custom circuit board.
- Worked on a project that moved under its own power.
- Collaborated with others on the circuit-board and powered-project work.
Nice to have
- Prior exposure to robotics systems, automation, or sensor data.
- Exposure to object-oriented programming (e.g., C++ or Java), cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure), or big data tools (Spark, Hadoop).
Pay
$44 per hour (base pay)
Tools
C++, Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, Spark, Hadoop
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