Engineering Intern (Spring 2026)
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Sorcerer is hiring an Engineering Intern for Spring 2026 to work onsite in SoMa, San Francisco, joining a YC-backed startup deploying airborne sensors to improve weather forecasting. You’ll own experimental flight and ground systems from design through testing and manufacturing, with domestic travel likely and participation in all-hands sprints. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with space or high-altitude systems, thrive on autonomy, and enjoy scrappy problem solving. This early-stage role offers strong benefits, relocation support if needed, and catered lunches. To apply, tailor your resume to hardware prototyping and flight-test work, highlight relevant projects, show travel readiness and a bias for action, and apply even if you don’t meet every checkbox.
About Sorcerer
Sorcerer is deploying a global network of persistent airborne sensors to fuel weather forecasting. Our high-altitude balloons collect 1000x more data than existing systems and are already used daily by meteorologists to track extreme weather across the US and Central America.
We are a well-funded early-stage Y Combinator backed startup based in San Francisco, CA. This is an opportunity to join at the very early stage, where you have an outsized impact across the company every day.
About the role
As an intern at Sorcerer you’ll get a chance to own experimental flight systems through design, ground-testing, manufacture and flight-testing.
Responsibilities
Design and test forward-leaning experimental flight and ground systems
Support flight-testing (domestic travel likely)
Support all-hands production manufacturing and test sprints
Ideal Candidates
Have experience contributing to space or high-altitude systems
Succeed with a high level of autonomy
Aren’t afraid of scrappy, unconventional problem solving
Location
This is an in-office role at our HQ in SoMa, San Francisco.
Benefits
401k
Unlimited PTO
100% Health, Dental, Vision
Company paid life insurance
All relocation costs covered (if applicable)
Catered lunch every day
Fully-stocked office kitchen
Commute/parking stipend OR monthly proximity benefit if you relocate to within 30m walk of the office
Hiring exceptional people is our top priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have unusual backgrounds. Don’t be discouraged from applying if you don’t hit every qualification.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.