Mechanical Test Engineering Intern [Fall 2024]

Zipline

2mo ago

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Engineering
San Francisco

Requirements

The most critical skill we’ve seen in prior entry-level candidates is robust experience designing and actually building multiple mechanical systems outside of the classroom. This is the component of your application we’re most excited about, so please ensure that you’ve included this work in your application. Examples of things previous interns have built include submarines, solar cars in the Australian outback, electric boats and airplanes, rockets, etc.
You must have completed at least the second year of your Undergraduate studies. Masters and PhD students are also eligible.
You’ll bring solid mechanical engineering fundamentals for sizing parts and integrating into design with minimal help
You’ll bring automation experience from working with actuators and Raspberry Pi’s (or similar)
You’re well versed in CAD, and have designed multiple projects with it
You’ve worked on complex projects that require mechanical, electrical, and software design
You're quick to change direction when you realize you’ve made a mistake OR could achieve the same goal in a simpler way
You bias to action and communicate consistently with your team to ensure everyone is focused on meeting the project goals on time
You're excited to build on your design skills with brainstorms, design reviews, and failure mode analysis
You can anticipate, plan and schedule your own work
You bring a “can do” attitude, because we have a lot of vital work to get done and only work with people who are invested in solving critical problems

Responsibilities

Mechanical interns can own a variety of big problems integral to our system! You can expect to:
Take product and engineering requirements to develop concepts and evaluate tradeoffs for each
Use 2D and 3D CAD tools to design parts and assemblies based on sound engineering principles
Use resources creatively to design, build, and test prototypes to gather quick learnings
Work cross-functionally with other Zipline teams and suppliers to review designs
Design, build, and run electro-mechanical testers that you develop to prove reliability of critical components
Root cause failures and develop a test to replicate the failure mode
Document your work so that others can easily understand key decisions made
Examples of previous intern projects included:
Designing, building, testing, and running:
a flexible blind-mate ducting connection between an aircraft and a ground-based cooling station, allowing for aircraft battery temperature regulation during charging and pre-flight preparation
a service strategy for removing a docked aircraft from a ground station using a custom designed hand cart, complete with an ergonomic study for a range of technician heights and strengths
a communications tower with integrated antennas and lightning protection meant to relay vital telemetry information from the drone to the operators during flight
a wing cycle tester to identify and eliminate risk for each wing iteration and prove reliability with cycles

Zipline

Transforming the way goods move

Transportation

Industry

501-1000

Employees

2014

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

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.