Route Planning Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2027

The role

You will help build route planning and trajectory generation software for Wing's autonomous delivery drone fleet. You will work on simulation and testing tools and may see your software fly on physical aircraft during flight testing.

What you will do

• Create path planning and trajectory generation solutions for the autonomous delivery drone fleet.
• Build simulation, analysis and testing tools to validate algorithms against Wing's commercial fleet flight logs.
• See your software fly on physical aircraft during flight testing.
• Collaborate with Guidance, Navigation & Control, perception and flight software teams.
• Work on safety-critical robotics software deployed on a commercial drone delivery fleet.

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, graduating between December 2027 and August 2028
• Strong examples of previous engineering experience through 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

Benefits

• Paid internship

Before you apply

• Must be a current student enrolled in a degree program and intend to return to the program after the summer internship.

About the company

Wing offers drone delivery for last mile logistics and designs, builds and operates its own aircraft. It is part of Alphabet.