Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineering Intern, Summer 2027
Wing Aviation · Palo Alto, California
About this role
**About Wing** Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Wing’s highly automated delivery drones transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. Wing designs, builds, and operates its aircraft and provides drone delivery services on two continents. **About the Program** - 12-week paid summer internship (hybrid) - Based in Palo Alto, CA - Start dates in May or June - Must be a current student enrolled in a degree program and intend to return after the summer internship **About the Role (GNC Software Engineering Intern)** Join Wing’s Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) team in Palo Alto, CA. The GN&C team designs and implements algorithms for motion planning, state estimation, flight control, actuation, and contingency management. You’ll work on software for motion planning, state estimation, and/or low-level control on real physical systems. This may include (among other techniques): Model Predictive Control (MPC), trajectory optimization, SLAM, Kalman Filtering, geometric control, computer vision, Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, and related approaches—especially for safety-critical autonomy. **In this role you will** - Prototype new robot behaviors to solve important business problems - Develop and implement motion planning, state estimation, or control algorithms for Wing aircraft - Deploy and validate software in both simulated and real environments - Analyze flight data to determine the effectiveness of different approaches at scale - Collaborate with engineers across perception/computer vision, machine learning, simulation, aerodynamics/propulsion, and embedded software - Learn what it takes to build and maintain an autonomous system supporting 1M+ deliveries **What you’ll need** - Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or doctoral degree in Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (graduating between Dec 2027 and Aug 2028) - Strong hands-on engineering experience (student projects, research labs, internships, or other work) - Coursework in linear algebra, optimization, machine learning, or statistics - Theoretical foundations in data structures and algorithms - Proficiency in C++ or Python **Salary Range (US base)** $128,000 — $135,000 USD (plus benefits) **Equal Opportunity** Wing is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable nondiscrimination laws. Employment is based on merit and qualifications. **Accommodations** If you need an accommodation during the interview process, complete Wing’s Candidate Accommodations Request Form: https://forms.gle/5wEF3MvTtEckFyAM8
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