Maps Intern (Summer 2027)

As a Maps Intern at Zipline, you will contribute to building and owning parts of the Maps stack, including an extensible path planning service and services for spatial data generation, transformation, and access. Your work may range from path planning algorithms to validation of artifacts for flight compliance, helping enable multi-objective routing and efficient spatial data ingestion. You will learn how theoretical path planning algorithms are adapted for real-world problems and how data and spatial search enable routing in air.

Responsibilities

• Work on services that generate routes and spatial planning artifacts
• Use tools to visualize and evaluate geospatial features that impact serviceability
• Work with teams to make spatial data accessible instantaneously anywhere in the world
• Improve planning algorithms to make routing fast, safe, and reliable

Requirements

• Must have at least completed the second year of your Undergraduate studies. Masters and PhD students are also eligible
• Strong analytical and technical problem solving skills
• Deep understanding of algorithmic optimization
• Proficient coding and programming skills
• Understanding of automated testing practices

Nice to have

• Preferred experience supporting or developing novel algorithmic research
• Preferred experience with spatial data