Engineering Program Manager Intern, Zipline
Fall 2024
$34.00 - 38.00 / hour
3-5 days a week in office
Transforming the way goods move
Job no longer available
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$34.00 - 38.00 / hour
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's first logistics system that serves all people equally.
Role
Who you are
- Must have at least completed the second year of your undergraduate studies or equivalent. Masters and PhD students are also eligible
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to pick up technical concepts rapidly
- Extreme ownership and a bias for action
- Able to be onsite 5 days a week
What the job involves
- Joining Zipline’s Emerging Talent program as an intern is an opportunity to contribute to our promise of building a system that provides equitable access to critical healthcare supplies for millions of people
- We expect our interns to take on meaningful work that actively contributes to moving Zipline’s mission forward, while learning real-world skills that will serve them in their careers for the long term
- The Ground Systems team designs the hardware for Zipline’s fulfillment operations and flight infrastructure on the ground
- The design of the Ground Systems defines Zipline’s customer experience for shipper integration, and requires solving the technical challenges of enabling autonomous flights to and from our distribution centers
- This includes electro-mechanical systems to enable autonomous takeoff and landing, battery charging and thermal management, and the software to control these components
- We engineer a broad range of systems, from high volume electronic assemblies to building scale infrastructure and mechanisms
- You’ll own a system within the subset of Ground Systems that is focused on our next generation aircraft; developing a plan, creating a schedule and driving execution for the hardware development program, including activities for engineering design, prototyping, testing, supplier and manufacturing line bring up
- Work with mechanical, electrical, software and test engineers to build and execute a plan to develop new hardware
- Understand and mitigate technical and program risks to keep Zipline’s next generation programming on track
- Drive prototyping and test activities to validate the hardware and software design
- Report program updates to leadership
- Our internships are full-time positions, in-person at our South San Francisco office. We will host our Fall 2024 interns from September to December
Our take
Zipline is reinventing how the world moves goods - one flight at a time. What started as a bold idea to deliver life-saving medical supplies by drones has grown into the world's first logistics network designed to serve everyone, everywhere. From rushing blood and vaccines to remote clinics, to dropping off everyday essential for Walmart customers, Ziplines's autonomous drones are proving that fast, reliable delivery doesn't have to be limited by roads or geography.
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. Beyond government partnerships, Zipline has its sight set on everyday consumers, preparing to launch commercial deliveries straight to individuals houses. With its Walmart collaboration expanding and even Chipotle orders taking to the skies in Texas, Zipline isn't just redefining delivery - it's aiming to reach every corner of commerce, with a future that looks as bright as its ambitions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
34% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Mar 2026
$200m
SERIES H
Jan 2026
$600m
SERIES H
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
(Co-Founder & CEO)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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