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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Aug 19, 2026
Internship

Software Systems Validation Intern (Summer 2027)

Job description

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who…

Job responsibilities

  • Support the design and execution of test scenarios across the autonomous software stack to validate system-level requirements
  • Help develop and improve validation tools, workflows, and automation
  • Build visualizations or metrics that highlight performance trends, gaps, or regressions
  • Work with test infrastructure and data platform teams to run validation pipelines
  • Analyze results and contribute to identifying root causes of failures or unexpected behavior
  • Document findings and communicate insights to engineering stakeholders

Job requirements

  • Exposure to hardware, actuators, sensors, and interfacing with software
  • Experience with robotics competitions, club projects, or research labs
  • Interest in requirements development, reliability engineering, or statistical validation

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