Embedded Software Engineer Intern (Spring 2027)
Zipline · South San Francisco, California, USA
About this role
### About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We’re 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. Zipline operates on four continents and makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. To date, we’ve completed millions of deliveries, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include major healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants, and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and deliver from point A to point B as fast as possible. ### About the Embedded Team Zipline designs and operates the world’s largest drone delivery service, providing access to critical medical supplies. Leading the way in drone delivery often means exceeding the capabilities of what’s available off the shelf—so we engineer the majority of our system in-house. We’re looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. You’ll help build embedded applications and drivers close to the hardware, improving the reliability of our systems for real-world deployment. We’ll help you find an area of technical ownership to: - Define system requirements - Develop creative, simple solutions - Prove—through testing and data—that your system meets real-world edge cases and deployment rigor ### Current Challenges (Examples) - Design and develop a software platform for the new P2 Zip and the Droid delivery and dock system - Scale flight and distribution center software to enable exponentially more deliveries per day - Prototype, test, and refine next-generation flight and ground systems alongside mechanical and electrical engineering teams - Develop safe software architecture deployed across the world - Develop perception solutions for any weather and real-world conditions
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