Zipline
System Test Automation Intern (Spring 2027)
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Internship · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- No number of years stated.
- Education
- Must have completed the second year of undergraduate studies; Master's and PhD students are also eligible.
About the job
Help validate Zipline’s integrated Zip, Droid, and Dock systems by running tests and improving automated testing pipelines before flight deployment.
What you'll do
- Execute Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and flight tests; help design and carry out system-level validation plans.
- Build and refine automated testing scripts, tools, and pipelines, including tests for off-nominal cases.
- Analyze and troubleshoot hardware and software issues found during testing and document results.
What they ask for
- Completed the second year of undergraduate studies; Master's and PhD students are also eligible.
- Strong understanding of engineering design fundamentals and ability to triage technical issues and identify root causes.
- Experience writing Rust or Python scripts and hands-on experience writing Python tests using tools like Pytest or Unittest.
- Familiarity with test or validation plans, electrical systems, Linux, Git, bazel, Jira, networking concepts such as RPC or sockets, and CI tools.
Pay
$40 per hour (hourly rate)
Tools
Rust, Python, Pytest, Unittest, Linux, Git, bazel, Jira
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