# Aircraft Software Integration Intern (Spring 2027) at Zipline

- Company: Zipline
- What the company does: Zipline delivers food, groceries, and medicine in minutes with fast, reliable, zero emission delivery. Backed by Sequoia and Techstars.
- Company website: https://flyzipline.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: South San Francisco, California, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/7986810003?gh_jid=7986810003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-aircraft-software-integration-intern-spring-2027/

## About the role

We're looking for a Autonomy Software Engineer Intern to join our team building integrated autonomy features and push them across the finish line into production. This role is not about building web apps or backend dashboards —it's about working at the frontier of autonomous flight: bridging mission logic, real-time systems, autonomy behaviors, and validation frameworks.

## What they're looking for

- Work on integration of complex autonomy features , spanning embedded flight software, real-time behavior logic, and mission-critical runtime systems
- Implement core vehicle software in Rust , with a focus on performance, safety, and observability in safety-critical environments
- Develop tooling to support validation, including software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing for rapid iteration and safe experimentation
- Partner with systems engineering and autonomy teams to define real-world success metrics and build the interfaces and logging infrastructure to track them

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