Associate Systems Engineer: AI/UAS & DevOps (PT)

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

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer (PT) to join the Design Team and help develop innovative uncrewed systems for defense and commercial applications. You will work with experienced engineers on the design, development, and integration of advanced unmanned aircraft systems and their subsystems.

You will learn to connect lifecycle data across engineering domains, contribute to AI/ML workflow optimization, and gain hands‑on experience with Docker, Git, and CI/CD practices in an

Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Currently enrolled or recently completed post‑secondary program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong background and interest in one or more of: software development, embedded software development, software testing, data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and implementing Digital Engineering and Digital Thread solutions to seamlessly connect lifecycle data across engineering domains.
• Support the development of AI-ML automation models to optimize workflows, analyze complex datasets, and streamline repetitive engineering processes.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to build, clean, and preprocess data pipelines necessary for training machine learning algorithms.
• Learn foundational DevOps methodologies by actively participating in the maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide basic technical support for automated environments, helping troubleshoot infrastructure alerts and build failures.
• Gain hands‑on exposure to containerization tools like Docker and version control workflows using Git to manage code infrastructure.
• Document system requirements, testing workflows, and software deployment steps to improve team knowledge sharing.
• Participate in agile team meetings, technical training sessions, and cross-functional code reviews to accelerate engineering skills.

Skills

Communication skills

Software development

Data analysis

Embedded software

Education

High school diploma

Post-secondary CS/CE/EE program

Tools

Git

Docker

GitHub/GitLab

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer (PT) to join the Design Team and help develop innovative uncrewed systems for defense and commercial applications. You will work with experienced engineers on the design, development, and integration of advanced unmanned aircraft systems and their subsystems.

You will learn to connect lifecycle data across engineering domains, contribute to AI/ML workflow optimization, and gain hands‑on experience with Docker, Git, and CI/CD practices in an