Zipline
Software Systems Validation 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
- Must have completed the second year of undergraduate studies in a related field; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
About the job
Helps validate Zipline’s autonomous drone software by building tests, tools, metrics, and visualizations, and analyzing system performance before flight.
What you'll do
- Support test scenario design and execution across the autonomous software stack; help develop validation tools, workflows, and automation.
- Build performance visualizations or metrics, run validation pipelines, and analyze failures or unexpected behavior.
- Document findings and communicate insights to engineering stakeholders.
What they ask for
- Completed the second year of undergraduate studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related field; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Coursework or project experience in robotics, controls, estimation, navigation, perception, or software development.
- Familiarity with testing, debugging, or validation methodologies; academic or project experience counts.
- Experience with data analysis using Python, SQL, or similar, and basic proficiency with a compiled language such as C/C++ or Rust.
Nice to have
- Exposure to hardware, actuators, sensors, and software interfacing; robotics competitions, club projects, or research labs.
- Interest in requirements development, reliability engineering, or statistical validation.
Pay
$54 per hour (hourly rate)
Tools
Python, SQL, C/C++, Rust
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