CareerPlan

Simulation Engineering Intern, Summer 2027

Palo Alto, CaliforniaInternship$128k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid · United States

Core

Develop closed-loop simulation environments using real flight telemetry to validate flight software and enable counterfactual rollouts for RL-based flight autonomy.

Role type

Simulation Engineering Intern

Builds

Closed-loop simulation environments, large-scale simulation and data pipelines

Domain

Drone delivery, autonomous flight systems, simulation & evaluation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Software development, system modeling and simulation, 3D geometry, RL techniques, dynamical systems, linear algebra, vision-based autonomy, C++, Python, numerical/statistics libraries

Responsibilities

Explore creative ways to use real-world flight data to validate flight software; Build closed-loop simulation environments using real flight telemetry; Leverage large-scale simulation and data pipelines to run critical experiments; Contribute to a team supporting mentorship and growth