Destinus
aerospace and defense
AIEngineeringIntern
“AI Engineering Intern at Destinus. Skills: AI Engineering, Robotics, Edge Computing, Autonomous Flight, Machine Learning, Voice to Action Command Loop. Develop and optimize low latency AI pipelines that convert voice commands into real time drone actions on edge computing hardware. Benchmark and adapt Vision Language Action models for autonomous flight applications and FPV drone control”
What You'll Achieve.
support safe and responsive flight
Industry & Context.
problem solving skills with the ability to connect advanced AI concepts to real hardware applications
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Currently pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, knowledge of machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX, Familiarity with Transformers, Large Language Models, or Vision Language Models, Hands on experience with Linux based embedded systems and edge AI hardware is highly valued, problem solving skills with the ability to connect advanced AI concepts to real hardware applications, Comfortable working in experimental environments where rapid iteration and creativity are essential
Nice to Have
Understanding of drone flight stacks such as PX4 or ArduPilot and communication protocols like MAVLink is a plus
What You'll Do.
Develop and optimize low latency AI pipelines that convert voice commands into real time drone actions on edge computing hardware
Benchmark and adapt Vision Language Action models for autonomous flight applications and FPV drone control
Build software interfaces connecting edge compute systems with FPV control links and drone communication protocols
Curate and fine tune multimodal datasets combining voice instructions with visual FPV data
including noisy and tactical environments
Improve inference performance and reduce latency across the full Voice to Action command loop to support safe and responsive flight
Collaborate with AI engineers
and aerospace teams to rapidly prototype and test next generation autonomous capabilities
Work directly with cutting edge hardware platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson and embedded AI systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with AI engineers, robotics specialists, and aerospace teams
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