Applied AI Engineer Intern: Real-World ML for Materials

Parspec; California; Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive stipend

Mentorship from leaders

Hybrid work environment

Hands-on product ownership

Job summary

Parspec is seeking an Applied AI Engineer Intern to contribute to AI-driven product features and workflows. You will collaborate with the AI, Product, and Engineering teams to translate real customer problems into practical AI solutions, experiment with models, and iterate based on results.

You will gain hands-on experience applying modern AI techniques to messy, industry data in a fast-moving, real-world setting while learning how AI systems are designed, tested, and shipped for a B2B SaaS

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a US-based degree-seeking program (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
• Strong familiarity with core ML/AI concepts and tooling, including model training and evaluation, embeddings, RAG systems, and agentic frameworks like LangGraph or CrewAI
• Strong familiarity with ranking and recommendations techniques
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML to real-world projects with imperfect data and iterative results
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous problem spaces with mentorship
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Contribute to AI-driven initiatives from problem framing through experimentation and implementation
• Build, prototype, evaluate, and iterate on models and AI-powered workflows used in customer-facing product features
• Partner with Senior Applied AI Engineers and Product Managers to translate customer problems into technical approaches
• Analyze structured and unstructured data (e.g., product specifications, documents, metadata) to improve model performance
• Document assumptions, results, and learnings to support cross-functional alignment and decision-making

Skills

ML/AI fundamentals

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

US-based degree program (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD)

Tools

LoRA/QLoRA

Embeddings

RAG systems

LangGraph / CrewAI

Job description

Parspec is seeking an Applied AI Engineer Intern to contribute to AI-driven product features and workflows. You will collaborate with the AI, Product, and Engineering teams to translate real customer problems into practical AI solutions, experiment with models, and iterate based on results.

You will gain hands-on experience applying modern AI techniques to messy, industry data in a fast-moving, real-world setting while learning how AI systems are designed, tested, and shipped for a B2B SaaS