Electrical Engineer Intern (Spring 2027)

As an Electrical Engineer Intern at Zipline, you will be a full member of the electrical engineering team, working on projects that align with your goals and the company's priorities. You will contribute to designing, building, and testing electronics for our drone delivery systems, such as prototyping battery charging electronics, architecting ground support electronics, developing test equipment, and supporting design validation. You will collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, test, embedded, software, and systems engineering teams to ensure our platforms operate safely and effectively.

Responsibilities

• You'll have your own projects but we haven't been saving an "intern project" - you'll be a full member of our team, and like with our other engineers, we'll work with you to find projects that align with your goals and interests and the team's and company's priorities.
• Prototyping new versions of our battery charging electronics to meet harsher environmental requirements in new countries where we're launching our service
• Architecting ground support electronics to assist the air vehicle with take-off and landing
• Developing and deploying test equipment such as EOL’s for design validation and production
• Supporting design validation campaigns to ensure that our avionics products meet design and reliability requirements
• Root cause investigation for our products from test, flight, or field issues.

Requirements

• Must have at least completed the second year of your Undergraduate studies. Masters and PhD students are also eligible.
• You've designed and tested a custom circuit board (it doesn't need to have worked - we'd love to hear about it!)
• You've worked on a project in or out of school that moved under its own power (plane, car, boat, quadcopter, rocket, balloon, rocket on a balloon, submarine, rover, etc. - we're not picky)
• You've collaborated on the above two things as part of a group - school club, competition team, as part of a job/internship, or just with friends
• In your application, we'd love to see either a sample of work you're proud of or a short note about your prior experience and how it relates to the three points above.

Nice to have

• Experience in Robotics/Automation: Prior exposure to robotics systems, automation, or sensor data (through coursework, projects, or clubs) is a plus.
• Software Development: Exposure to object-oriented programming (e.g., C++ or Java) is a bonus.
• Cloud Computing/Big Data Tools: Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) or big data tools (Spark, Hadoop) is helpful but not required.