Information Technology & Applications Intern [Summer 2027]

About Zoox's Internship Program

Zoox's internship program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, mentorship from industry leaders, and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to real projects. We seek interns who demonstrate strong academic performance, engagement beyond the classroom, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine interest in Zoox's mission.

Job Description

Information Technology and Applications manages the enterprise systems, data platforms, infrastructure, and security that Zoox employees rely on. Interns build and prototype solutions, often using AI, for real business problems, and see their work utilized as Zoox prepares for commercial launch.

Interns in this pipeline may be considered for opportunities across a range of teams:

• Business Applications: Supports enterprise systems such as SAP, including AI use cases for supply chain planning and operations.
• Enterprise Data & AI: Builds data pipelines, monitoring, and production-ready dashboards on the company data platform using Airflow, Databricks, and Streamlit.
• Information Security: Applies AI and engineering to protect company systems and data. Builds automation and AI tools for detection and response, data protection, identity and access, and secrets and vulnerability remediation.
• IT Infrastructure: Supports the networks, devices, and services employees use.
• HRIS: Automates position and job workflows and builds self-service agents for people systems.

In this Role, You Will

• Identify high-impact opportunities and prototype actionable solutions, including AI-based ones, for a business process.
• Build tools, automations, integrations, or dashboards that solve a real operational need.
• Work with business and technical teams to translate a business need into a scalable solution.
• Document and demo your work to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Currently working towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or advanced degree in computer science, information systems, data engineering, analytics, or a related program.
• Good academic standing.
• Expected to graduate between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028, and enrolled at an accredited college or university throughout the internship.
• Able to commit to a full-time, 12-week internship beginning in May/June 2027.
• Ability to relocate to the Bay Area, California, for the duration of the internship.
• Interns at Zoox may not use any proprietary information they are working on as part of their thesis, any published work with their university, or to be distributed to anyone outside of Zoox.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Powershell, Bash) and familiarity with SQL.
• Coursework or experience in networking, operating systems, enterprise applications, or security.
• Ability to translate business challenges into technical solutions and explain technical work to non-technical audiences.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Databricks, Airflow, or Streamlit.
• Experience with SAP, Workday, or security and identity tooling.
• Experience building with LLMs or AI agents.