South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Spreadsheets, Data Analysis, Written Communication
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Analytical Problem Solving, Spreadsheet Proficiency, Data Analysis, Written Communication, Verbal Communication
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Flight Algorithms, Dynamic Modeling, Linear Control Analysis, Optimal Control, C
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$170k–$210k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Rust, C++, Safety-Critical Software, Embedded Systems, CI/CD
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$145k–$225k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Electromechanical Design, CAD, DFM, GD&T, FEA
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$200k–$245k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Rust, C++, C, Trajectory Generation, Model Predictive Control
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Flight Physics, Aeronautical Engineering, Acoustics
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$265k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: 3D Perception, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics Fundamentals, TensorRT
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$160k–$225k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Project Engineering, NPI, Cross-functional Leadership, Root Cause Analysis, Systems Engineering
South San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK
$180k–$270k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Full Stack Development, Frontend Development, Backend Development, System Design, Go
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$225k–$275k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Data Platform Architecture, Autonomy Infrastructure, Robotics, Machine Learning Infrastructure, Data Ingestion
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$165k–$210k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Technical Program Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, CI/CD, Developer Productivity
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$165k–$195k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Strategic Advising, Performance Management, Compensation Planning, Organizational Design, Employee Relations
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$225k–$280k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Rust, C++, C, Trajectory Optimization, MPC
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$210k–$250k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Real-time Systems, API Design, Distributed Systems, AWS, Kubernetes
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$150k–$250k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Software Validation, Robotic Systems, Perception, Motion Planning, Navigation
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$170k–$210k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: CI/CD, Bazel, Github Actions, Buildkite, Datadog
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$170k–$210k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Path Planning, Graph Search, Motion Planning, Optimization Algorithms, Distributed Systems
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$160k–$220k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Quantitative Risk Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, FMEA, Hazard Analysis, Systems Engineering
South San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$120k–$247k/yr
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We des…
Skills: Supplier Industrialization, DFM, Lean Methodologies, Statistical Process Control, PPAP
South San Francisco, California, United States • On-site
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Support operational planning and execution by building dashboards, trackers, and forecasting models to help the organization scale. Collaborate with senior leadership to analyze operational performance and improve data quality and workflows.
Candidates must have completed at least the second year of an undergraduate degree in a quantitative field like Industrial Engineering, Economics, or Computer Science. Strong analytical skills and proficiency with large datasets are required, with SQL and Python experience as a bonus.
Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
Zipline is looking for a highly analytical, highly curious Strategic Operations Intern to support planning, execution, and scaling efforts across our commercial operations organization.
You will work directly with senior operational leadership on some of the company's most important questions:
This is not a traditional internship focused on research or presentations.
You will be embedded directly into operational planning and execution, helping build the systems, reporting, and operating mechanisms that allow teams to scale.
The ideal candidate enjoys solving messy problems, organizing complex information, and building tools that make teams more effective.
This internship is a full-time position, in-person at our South San Francisco office. We will host our Fall 2026 interns from September to December. Zipline is unable to sponsor work visas for applicants to this position.
The hourly rate for this internship is $37 per hour. Additional benefits may include relocation support, a housing stipend, overtime pay, paid sick time, and other benefits, where applicable and subject to local requirements.
Candidates are limited to three (3) applications within a 30-day period.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.
Zipline is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your point of contact at Zipline know if you require any accommodations throughout your interview process.
Zipline was founded to create the first logistics system that serves all humans equally. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated delivery system. Zipline serves tens of millions of people around the world and is making good on the promise of building an equitable and more resilient global supply chain. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart and enabling leading healthcare providers to bring care into the home in the United States, Zipline is transforming the way goods move. By transitioning to clean, electric, instant logistics, we can decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, and reduce fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access for billions of people. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Zipline is inspiring people, governments, and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information. To join the team, check out our career page: https://flyzipline.com/careers/
Offices: 333 Corey Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, US
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