Engineering Intern (Spring 2026)

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.