Software Engineering Intern

Description

The company builds aerospace technology, combining aerospace engineering and quality standards across its products to deliver high performance, reliability, and efficiency in demanding environments.

The team is small and flat, with generalists who have deep specialist skills. The company is backed by venture and strategic investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Giant Step Capital, United Airlines Ventures, and Voyager Ventures.

This is a summer 2027 internship in the software engineering team. The program starts June 7, 2027 for semester schools and June 27, 2027 for quarter schools. The work is real, not a sandbox: you will ship code that feeds into the company's hardware and flight programs.

Responsibilities

• Join the software team as an embedded member, attending standups, design reviews, and planning with full-time engineers
• Take a scoped, real-world project from design through implementation, testing, and delivery, with guidance from senior engineers
• Contribute to flight software, simulation, test infrastructure, or internal engineering tools
• Run your code on real flight hardware, including flight computers, embedded microprocessors, and engine hardware
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code, with unit and integration tests
• Work with mechanical, electrical, propulsion, and controls engineers to understand what the software needs to do
• Debug problems across the stack and learn how software works with embedded and real-time systems
• Present your work to the team at the end of the summer

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD program in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or a science discipline
• Experience with C++, Rust, Python, or another programming language, gained through coursework, projects, research, or prior internships
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
• Familiarity with Git and software testing practices
• Comfort with a fast-paced environment and taking ownership of your work
• Available for a full-time, in-person internship in San Francisco during Summer 2027, roughly 10 to 12 weeks

Conditions

Full-time, in-person work at the San Francisco office, five days a week, which the company considers essential to the role

The team is curious and learns quickly, and is keen to write software that controls real aircraft systems

The company is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay
• Hands-on mentorship from experienced engineers
• Company-funded perks, including team lunches, game nights, and other activities