Associate Systems Engineer - AI/ML & UAS Automation

AeroVironment, Inc.; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is looking for an Associate Systems Engineer (Part-Time) to join the Design Team working on unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications.

You will collaborate with experienced engineers to design, develop, and integrate UAS components, while gaining hands-on experience with Digital Engineering, Docker, and Git in an agile environment. This entry-level role requires US citizenship and offers growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate
• U.S. Citizen required
• Currently enrolled or recently completed post-secondary program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Background interest in software development, embedded software development, software testing, data analysis

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and implementing Digital Engineering and Digital Thread solutions to connect lifecycle data across engineering domains
• Support the development of AI-ML automation models to optimize workflows and analyze complex datasets
• Collaborate with senior engineers to build, clean, and preprocess data pipelines for training ML algorithms
• Learn foundational DevOps by maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Provide basic technical support for automated environments, troubleshooting infrastructure alerts and build failures
• Gain hands-on exposure to Docker and version control workflows using Git
• Document system requirements, testing workflows, and deployment steps to improve knowledge sharing
• Participate in agile team meetings, technical training, and cross-functional code reviews

Skills

Java

JavaScript

C++

Python

GitHub

GitLab

Docker

CI/CD

Data analysis

Unit testing

Education

High school diploma

Pursuing/completed post-secondary in CS/CE/EE

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Docker

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is looking for an Associate Systems Engineer (Part-Time) to join the Design Team working on unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications.

You will collaborate with experienced engineers to design, develop, and integrate UAS components, while gaining hands-on experience with Digital Engineering, Docker, and Git in an agile environment. This entry-level role requires US citizenship and offers growth opportunities.