# Applications Engineer 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: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://www.zipline.com/open-roles/7908677003?gh_jid=7908677003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-applications-engineer-intern-spring-2027/

## About the role

Do you want to directly influence a wide range of engineering challenges arising from real-world, fast-paced operations? As an Applications Engineer Intern , you are the technical specialist responsible for solving application-specific challenges related to the deployment of our infrastructure in diverse environments. You take a rigorous systems-based approach to problem-solving.

## What they're looking for

- Contribute to the development, testing, and deployment of system improvements for the Platform 2 system supporting ground systems, commercial operations, and new deployments
- Develop and implement technical solutions for specialized application needs, including lifting apparatus for maintenance or weather stations for localized flight safety
- Evaluate, select, and manage relationships with external vendors to source high-availability, low-cost commercially available products that fulfill critical system requirements
- Work with the engineering and deployments organization to refine site requirements and transform them into deployable systems that fulfill first-principles needs
- Define the necessary handover materials and processes to move new application solutions into a sustaining operations trajectory

Tags: Internships

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zipline-applications-engineer-intern-spring-2027/