Long Range Platform Embedded Firmware Intern (Summer 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. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. ### About the Long Range Platform Engineering Team As part of the Long Range Platform Engineering Team, the Embedded Firmware team develops and maintains the software that runs directly on Zipline’s vehicle and ground-system hardware. Work spans: - Device drivers - Sensor and actuator interfaces - Power management - Communications - Fault detection - Safety-critical behavior Team members collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, test, and operations teams to bring new hardware to life and troubleshoot real-world issues. By making every embedded component reliable, observable, and safe, we help ensure each delivery vehicle can complete its mission successfully. ### Your Role As an Embedded Firmware intern, you’ll take ownership of a meaningful project that helps improve the safety, reliability, or performance of Zipline’s vehicles and ground systems. You will: - Write and test software - Work hands-on with hardware - Investigate real-world behavior observed in labs and operations Your work will contribute directly to making autonomous deliveries more dependable for the communities that rely on them. You’ll learn from experienced firmware, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers through mentorship, design reviews, and collaborative problem-solving—building engineering judgment and making a meaningful contribution to a system with real-world impact.
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