Firmware Engineer Intern (Spring 2027)

Join Zipline, a company revolutionizing the delivery of medical supplies through drone technology. As a Firmware Engineer Intern, you will work on critical flight and safety functions, developing reliable and maintainable software for our aircraft. You will collaborate with engineers from various disciplines and gain hands-on experience in embedded firmware development. This is a full-time, in-person internship in South San Francisco from January to April/May 2027.

About Zipline

• Is passionate about learning about firmware, realtime systems, Zipline’s aircraft and systems, and our mission
• Has excellent grades in embedded systems classes

Responsibilities

• Conception et développement de firmware C++ pour un système distribué de microcontrôleurs d'avion.
• Développement d'interfaces de communication fiables pour les microcontrôleurs, y compris Ethernet et série.

Requirements

• Optimisation du comportement en temps réel, y compris l'utilisation du CPU, l'utilisation de la mémoire, la latence de planification.
• Has experience with writing C or C++
• Has prior internship or design team experience

Preferred

• Rising seniors are preferred