Spatial Planning Intern (Summer 2026)
Zipline (1 month ago)
About this role
An intern on Zipline’s Spatial Planning team will contribute to building and owning portions of the spatial planning stack that enables autonomous drone routing. The role supports development of services and data systems that generate artifacts for flight missions and help scale operations into new regions. This full-time, in-person internship provides hands-on experience adapting theoretical path-planning and spatial search techniques for real-world logistics.
Required Skills
- Containerization
- GeoData
- Spatial Data
- Path Planning
- Routing
- Geoindexing
- Data Pipelines
- Python
- Automated Testing
- Documentation
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Qualifications
- Completed Second Year of Undergraduate Studies
- Master's Degree
- PhD
About Zipline
flyzipline.comZipline is the world's largest autonomous delivery system, using long-range drones and end-to-end logistics software to provide on-demand delivery of medical supplies, retail goods, and other critical items. Its platform combines custom aircraft, automated distribution centers, and routing/operations software to deliver quickly and reliably for hospitals, governments, and commercial partners across the U.S., Africa, and other markets. Zipline specializes in time-critical payloads—blood, vaccines, emergency supplies—and integrates with existing supply chains through partnerships with health ministries, hospitals, and retailers. Customers choose Zipline for its proven safety, high-uptime operations, and ability to scale instant logistics in challenging geographies.