Summer Associate, Zipline
Summer 2025
The starting cash range for this role is $1,700 / week
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, CA)
Transforming the way goods move
Open for applications
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Open for applications
The starting cash range for this role is $1,700 / week
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (South San Francisco, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up access to emergency medical care to everyone in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Zipline is searching for two proactive and curious summer associates who have the skills and willingness to support the Zipline Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Team in Summer 2025, and are excited to work on the cutting edge of law
- You have strong legal research and writing skills and are willing to get in the weeds and dive headfirst into whatever issue or question is facing the business, regardless of familiarity
- You have the analytical rigor and attention-to-detail necessary to provide insightful feedback and comments to work product
- You are careful, systematic, and organized and are able to effectively manage deadlines and competing priorities
- You are responsive and have a positive, solution-oriented attitude, and the enthusiasm to proactively and passionately drive Zipline’s business forward by solving multiple complex problems on a daily basis
- You have the creativity and confidence to suggest new and interesting processes, approaches, or solutions to build Zipline’s legal operations
- You ask questions and know how and when to communicate what you do not know
- You are an active and skilled listener who can digest and effectively communicate large amounts of inbound information
- You believe deeply that access matters and that we can and will provide equitable access to goods for every person on the planet
- 1L or 2L student at a law school
What the job involves
- You will join a lean team and work on substantive and impactful legal and policy projects spanning across a variety of jurisdictions (e.g., local, state, national, and international) and subject matter (e.g., corporate, commercial, land use, environmental, healthcare, data privacy, IP, employment, and international risk compliance)
- You will report to Zipline’s Deputy General Counsel
- Manage research projects in the corporate, aviation, international law, privacy, and healthcare landscapes, including conducting surveys and distilling findings on these laws in dozens of states and countries where Zipline anticipates operating
- Help build and maintain a “knowledge base” of key legal information, memoranda, resources, and templates that the Zipline Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Team can utilize and build on in the future
- Develop skills in corporate governance, equity administration and investor relations, including work on corporate consents, employment and policy materials
- Help draft and review vendor, supplier and other commercial contracts
- Analyze the legal and policy impacts of new legislation on our mission
- Write and proofread legal documents, memoranda, and correspondence
- Coordinate with public authorities, including public notaries and/or apostilles in connection with corporate or other filings and formalities
- We will host our Summer 2025 interns from May to September
- 10 weeks duration with potential flexibility on start/end dates
Our take
Zipline is transforming the way goods move by creating the first logistics system that serves all humans equally via a drone delivery service. As the first emergency drone logistics operation, Zipline is fundamentally changing how we transport emergency medical supplies and has expanded into commercial deliveries. It's partnered with several major companies, including Walmart.
Zipline has an edge over potential future competitors as the company has thousands of hours and over 35 million miles of flight to prove the system is safe and effective. It’s also one of the first companies to receive a full commercial operating certificate, putting Zipline in a strong position to continuously branch out to other markets.
The unicorn company operates globally and has signed its first government contract with Rwanda to provide up to 2 million drone deliveries by 2029. It is also aiming to start commercial deliveries to individual households in the near future. With big companies such as Amazon and Walmart examining “instant” delivery options, Zipline has a proven track record and the equipment and logistics in place to provide such services. 2023 funding pushed Zipline's valuation to a staggering $4.2 billion, indicating a bright future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2023
$330m
SERIES F
Jul 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $813.7m
Company benefits
- Generous parental leave
- Generous vacation policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly team events
- Healthcare, vision, and dental
- Healthy, delicious meals and snacks
- Dog-friendly offices
Company values
- Customer obsession - The standard of care
- Ownership - Getting the job done
- Transparency - Breeds trust
- Continuous improvement - Tackling hard problems
- Serve Your Species - Empowering one another
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Having studied Economics and Biotechnology at Harvard, they worked for almost 11 months as a self-employed rock climber. They combined their academic and practical experience to co-found Zipline in July 2011.
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