Data Analytics Intern

About Zipline

Zipline operates the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service, with a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine, and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and run the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.

Our customers include leading healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants, and global businesses that depend on us to save lives, cut emissions, boost economic opportunity, and provide rapid point-to-point delivery. The drone is only a fraction of what we've built to enable seamless, reliable global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With over 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food worldwide.

We operate at a global scale and seek practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is driven by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people's lives and scaling the future of logistics. We look for people who create from first principles, embrace adversity, and achieve the impossible at record-breaking speeds.

About the Integration, Quality & Manufacturing Engineering Team

Zipline's Integration, Quality & Manufacturing Engineering (IQME) team keeps the factory floor running smoothly. We ensure the right parts and materials are always in the right place at the right time, from receiving and warehouse storage to staging materials at the production line and preparing finished goods for shipment.

We collaborate closely with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Material Planning to build and improve the drones, and we're currently setting up new production lines as we scale quickly. We're also focused on leveraging better data from production, inventory, and quality systems like our ERP, MES, and traceability tools to help everyone on the floor make smarter, faster decisions.

About the Data Analytics Intern Role

As a Data Analytics Intern on the IQME team, you'll dive into the data behind how Zipline builds and ships its drones, covering inventory, materials, production output, and quality.

You'll work with engineers, production leads, quality stakeholders, and leadership to uncover insights that keep the factory floor running smoothly. Your main focus will be turning data into actionable insights that enable faster, smarter decisions on the floor.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about data, problem-solving, and seeing their analysis translate directly into real operational impact. Along the way, you'll learn from a fast-scaling manufacturing team, giving you a front-row seat to how data drives decisions in a mission-driven environment.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with production, quality, and supply chain teams to understand what data and insights matter most to the business
• Partner with engineers to learn how manufacturing and inventory data is generated and transformed for analysis
• Write SQL queries and help streamline reporting using Mode, Streamlit, or Sigma
• Support data quality efforts by validating datasets and catching issues before they affect reporting
• Dig into open-ended questions from the floor and leadership, turning raw data into clear, actionable answers

What You'll Bring

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Comfortable writing SQL queries to calculate metrics and pull insights from data
• Some experience with Python for data analysis (scripts, cleaning, or automation)
• Experience working with large datasets and turning them into clear findings
• Familiarity with a BI/dashboarding tool such as Mode, Sigma, Tableau, Looker, ThoughtSpot, or Power BI
• Strong communication skills, able to explain data findings simply and tell a clear story with numbers
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business questions into technical solutions

What Else You Should Know

This internship is a full-time position, in-person at our South San Francisco office. We will host our Spring 2027 interns from January to April. Zipline is unable to sponsor work visas for applicants to this position.

Additional benefits may include relocation support, a housing stipend, overtime pay, paid sick time, and other benefits, where applicable and subject to local requirements.

Candidates are limited to three (3) applications within a 30-day period.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Zipline is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your point of contact at Zipline know if you require any accommodations throughout your interview process.