Firmware Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
Full-time
Zipline
Responsibilities
- Design and build C++ firmware for distributed aircraft microcontroller systems.
- Develop Ethernet, serial, and other microcontroller communication interfaces.
- Define platform-level interfaces and reusable firmware components for multiple aircraft subsystems.
- Ensure predictable and reliable microcontroller and communication-bus performance across startup, real-time operation, fault handling, and recovery.
- Optimize CPU utilization, memory usage, scheduling latency, timing jitter, and resource contention.
- Develop metrics, monitoring, and troubleshooting capabilities for field deployment at scale.
- Develop Rust-based tooling and software-in-the-loop simulations to test and validate firmware behavior.
- Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, embedded Linux, and systems engineers on reliable software for deployed aircraft.
Requirements
- Passion for learning about firmware, real-time systems, aircraft, and related systems.
- Prior internship or design team experience.
- Experience writing C or C++.
- Excellent grades in embedded systems classes.
- Rising seniors are preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time Summer 2027 internship hosted from May to June/September.
- In-person work onsite five days per week in South San Francisco.
- Potential housing stipend, overtime pay, relocation support, and paid sick time.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities.
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