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Motion Planning Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2027
Wing · Palo Alto, CA · Posted 23 days ago
See your motion-planning algorithms fly on real autonomous delivery drones deployed at commercial scale around the world.
Wing is looking for a Motion Planning Software Engineering Intern to join our Pathfinder team based in Palo Alto, CA .
We are looking for Engineers with Software Engineering and Path Planning experience to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of a system that safely flies thousands of autonomous aircraft every day around the world. Developing and fielding this kind of large-scale production path planning system is a challenge that you find both humbling and exciting. You enjoy developing systems from concept through production, and you have an eye for crafting practical solutions that run reliably on real-world systems. You will work in a multidisciplinary environment with direct access to our guidance, navigation, and control engineers and backend engineers.
In this role you will:
- Create innovative aircraft path planning and trajectory generation solutions that enable new flight capabilities for our fleet of autonomous delivery drones.
- Build the simulation, analysis, and testing tools required to validate your algorithms against flight logs from Wing's commercial fleet.
- Have the opportunity to see your software fly on physical aircraft during flight testing, taking algorithms from simulation to real flight dynamics.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, including Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC), perception, and flight software.
- Gain hands-on experience developing safety-critical robotics software deployed on a commercial autonomous drone delivery fleet operating at scale.
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, graduating between December 2027 and August 2028
- Strong examples of previous engineering experience through prior internships, university lab research, robotics competition teams, or technical projects.
- Academic or project experience applying algorithms to path planning, navigation, or spatial search problems.
- Programming experience in C++ or Python.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
- Passion for aviation, drones, or related technologies.
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