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Long Range Platform Hardware Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Zipline · 2027 Internships

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South San Francisco, California, USA
Posted
Aug 18

As a Hardware Engineering Intern on the Long Range Platform Design Engineering team, you’ll take ownership of real hardware challenges that directly impact the performance, reliability, and scalability of Zipline’s long-range delivery system. You’ll have the opportunity to take a project from understanding the problem and developing concepts through building, testing, and iterating on real hardware. Your work won’t live on a shelf—you’ll see how the decisions you make contribute to aircraft that operate every day and help Zipline expand access to essential goods around the world. Along the way, you’ll work closely with experienced engineers and collaborate with teams across the company, learning how complex hardware goes from an idea to a reliable product operating at scale.

What you'd do

  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, ideally in your junior or senior year.
  • Strong understanding of core engineering fundamentals and an ability to apply them to open-ended hardware problems.
  • Experience building, testing, or troubleshooting physical systems through coursework, project teams, research, internships, or personal projects.
  • Comfort working hands-on with prototypes, tools, test equipment, and basic fabrication or assembly.
  • Ability to analyze data, identify likely root causes, and clearly communicate your reasoning.
  • Curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to learn quickly from both successes and failures.
  • Ability to work onsite and collaborate closely with engineers in a hands-on hardware development environment.

About Zipline · 2027 Internships

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.