Technical Program Manager Intern (Spring 2027)
About The Position
Zipline’s Program Management team ensures company goals are achieved on time and on budget. Program managers are embedded across six hardware teams and work with engineers across disciplines to design, build, and test drones and ground infrastructure. They define team priorities and drive execution of key milestones in a rapidly changing environment. This intern will help manage technical programs for future hardware, coordinating engineering and cross-functional teams to plan and execute development, prototypes, tests, infrastructure builds, and hardware changes. The internship is full-time and in person at Zipline’s South San Francisco or Dallas office. Spring 2027 interns will work from January through April or May.
Requirements
- Must have completed at least the second year of undergraduate studies or equivalent in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering; master’s and PhD students are also eligible.
- Strong technical background.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain challenges and solutions to engineers and non-engineers.
- Enthusiasm for collaborating in a fast-paced, highly cross-functional environment.
- Ability to pick up technical concepts rapidly.
- Ability to drive clarity amid chaos and ambiguity.
- Extreme ownership and a bias for action.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States.
- Demonstrated skill in aligning priorities, coordinating timelines, and leading complex scope, resource, and schedule trade-offs.
- Must be able to work in person at Zipline’s South San Francisco office five days a week.
Responsibilities
- Understand and mitigate technical and program risks to keep future programs on track.
- Drive decision-making and trade-off studies.
- Define program timelines, milestones, and critical paths.
- Manage and support cross-functional teams across electrical and mechanical engineering, design validation, and embedded software to plan and develop new hardware.
- Drive prototype and test activities to validate next-generation hardware designs.
- Report program updates to leadership.
- Manage infrastructure builds for test campaigns and track hardware sample allocations.
- Organize and facilitate meetings with cross-functional teams.
- Work with cross-functional groups to track incoming parts and quality.
- Manage upcoming hardware changes to meet company targets.
Benefits
- Potential relocation support, housing stipend, overtime pay, and paid sick time, where applicable and subject to local requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
