Technical Program Manager Intern, Zipline
Spring 2026
$38 - 42 USD per hour
More information about location
5 days a week in office
Transforming the way goods move
Be an early applicant
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$38 - 42 USD per hour
More information about location
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To open up access to emergency medical care to everyone in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Must have at least completed the second year of your undergraduate studies or equivalent in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering. Masters and PhD students are also eligible
- Strong technical background
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain challenges and solutions to fellow engineers and non-engineers alike
- Enthusiasm for collaborating in a fast paced and highly cross-functional environment
- Ability to pick up technical concepts rapidly
- Ability to drive clarity amidst chaos and ambiguity
- Extreme ownership and a bias for action
- Must be eligible to work in the US
- Demonstrated skill in aligning priorities, coordinating timelines, and leading complex scope, resource, and schedule trades
- Must be able to work in person at Zipline’s South San Francisco office 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 believe that internships are more than just opportunities to learn by watching or doing low level tasks
- 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
- Zipline’s Program Management team is responsible for ensuring that Zipline achieves our company goals on time and on budget
- Our PMs are embedded across our 6 hardware teams and work directly with engineers of many disciplines to design, build, and test our drones and ground infrastructure
- Program managers define their team’s priorities and drive execution of key milestones in a constantly changing environment
- Understand and mitigate technical and program risks to keep Zipline’s testing programs on track. Drive decision making and trade off studies
- Define programme timelines, milestones and critical path
- Manage and support cross-functional teams across electrical and mechanical engineering, design validation, and embedded software domains to build and execute a plan to develop new hardware
- Drive prototype and test activities to validate next generation hardware designs
- Report program updates to leadership
- Manage new infrastructure builds for our test campaigns and track hardware sample allocations
- Organize and facilitate meetings with cross-functional teams
- Our internships are full-time positions, in-person at our South San Francisco or Dallas office
Application process
- We will host our Spring 2026 interns from January to April
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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
34% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
South San Francisco, CA
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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