Zipline
Firmware Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Prior internship or design team experience; no number of years stated.
About the job
Build and validate C++ firmware and supporting tools for aircraft microcontrollers, improving reliable operation, observability, and troubleshooting in deployed systems.
What you'll do
- Design firmware, communication interfaces, and reusable platform components for aircraft microcontrollers.
- Ensure predictable real-time performance across startup, operation, fault handling, and recovery.
- Build monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, plus Rust-based tools and software-in-the-loop simulations to test firmware.
What they ask for
- Prior internship or design team experience.
- Experience writing C or C++.
- Excellent grades in embedded systems classes.
- Work onsite in South San Francisco five days per week.
Nice to have
- Rising senior.
Pay
$54 per hour (hourly rate)
Tools
C++, Rust, Ethernet, serial, embedded Linux
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