Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineering Intern, Summer 2027

The role

You will help design and build motion planning and control algorithms for Wing's delivery aircraft. You will test software in simulation and on real aircraft, and analyze flight data.

What you will do

• Prototype new robot behaviors to solve business problems
• Develop and implement motion planning and control algorithms for Wing aircraft
• Deploy and validate software in simulated and real environments
• Analyze flight data to measure how well different approaches work at scale
• Work with engineers in perception, machine learning, simulation, aerodynamics, propulsion, and embedded software

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or doctoral degree in Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Graduating between December 2027 and August 2028
• Must be a current student and intend to return to the program after the internship
• Hands-on engineering experience from student teams, research labs, internships, or other work
• Coursework in linear algebra, optimization, machine learning, or statistics
• Theoretical foundations in data structures and algorithms
• Proficiency in C++ or Python
• Ability to write and deploy software for motion planning or low-level control on real physical systems
• Understanding of classical and state-of-the-art approaches to robot control and autonomy, especially in safety-critical applications

Nice to have

• Experience with Model Predictive Control, trajectory optimization, Kalman Filtering, geometric control, Vision-Language-Action models, or reinforcement learning

Benefits

• Paid internship

Before you apply

• You must be a current student in a degree program and plan to return after the summer internship
• Your degree must be set to graduate between December 2027 and August 2028

About the company

Wing offers drone delivery for last mile logistics, with a fleet of automated delivery drones. It is part of Alphabet and operates on two continents.