Summer 2025 Internships | Technical Roles

Beacon AI

Beacon AI

IT
San Carlos, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 17, 2024

About Beacon AI

Beacon AI is developing AI pilot assistant technology to transform aviation, flight safety, operational efficiency, and pilot capabilities. We are on a mission to leverage the power of artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to revolutionize the aviation industry. Join us to be at the cutting edge of technological innovation for the second century of aviation.

Role Overview

We are seeking passionate and talented individuals for a variety of engineering and non-engineering positions. Whether your expertise lies in software, embedded, hardware, or robotics engineering, we have opportunities for you to make a significant impact. You will play a key role in supporting our technological innovations for a variety of our teams.

  • Applications
    In addition to a large data layer effort, we build on the application layer. The user primarily interacts with our two products on one of two

  • Edge Compute
    This produces the brains of Murdock, our pilot assistant. In self-driving car terms/standard ‘robotics’ style software stack, you can think of this as the first 2/3rds of the stack and more feature/domain-specific pilot assistant, and in some cases aviation certified software. There are some AI/ML aspects in this team as well.

  • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Data Science
    Many concepts (e.g., data sources with high input variability like speech and vision) are not well suited to strict rule-based code. Additionally, recent advancements in data science and large language models have opened the door for significant improvise in both live and more proximally pre- and post-flight software and data analysis.

  • Simulation
    Playing back flights and developing realistic permutations of events in simulation while also developing reliable feature verification in simulation is critical for overall system reliability.

  • Cloud Infrastructure/Backend
    Responsible for building the data infrastructure that collects data from customers and aircraft, stores it, makes it available for analytics and developers and manages API, data pipelines, and code deployment.

  • Aircraft Software and System Integration
    Flight software engineers will interface directly with avionics and write FAA-compliant software that can interact with them. Embedded systems engineers will interface with avionics, microcontrollers, network devices, and more to integrate system components from our system.

  • Hardware
    Our limited hardware footprint is an advantage! Nonetheless, we do have sensors, compute, interface components, and housings that are needed to receive, process, store, and deliver the data where it is needed.

  • Security
    Building a secure platform is critical for user integrity and privacy. This multi-domain security engineer will harden our cloud, web, tablet, and edge computers and networks.

What Will Make You Successful

  • Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with a willingness to take on new challenges and learn quickly.

  • Team Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a diverse team.

  • Proactive Problem-Solving: Initiative to identify issues and develop creative solutions independently.

  • Effective Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.

  • Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to tasks, ensuring accuracy and thoroughness.

Bonus Points

  • Passion for Aviation: A passion for advanced mobility and aviation.

  • Mobility Solutions: Experience with self-driving mobility solutions, drone autopilot, motion planning, or similar challenging robotics problems.

  • Machine Learning: Experience working on advanced machine learning problems.

  • Nvidia Devices: Experience working with the Nvidia family of devices or similar.

  • Embedded Systems: Experience working with embedded systems, sensors, and drivers.

Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees:

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: Enjoy peace of mind with our generous health, vision, and dental benefits, with 75% of costs covered by the company for the employee.

  • Paid Time Off: Recharge and relax with 3 weeks of paid vacation, in addition to 14 company-paid holidays each year.

  • Connectivity Stipend: Stay connected with our cell phone benefit, ensuring you have the tools you need to excel in your role.

  • Health and Wellness Allowance: Use this towards a gym membership or subscription to a meditation app, empowering you to prioritize self-care and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

  • Financial Planning: Prepare for the future with our 401(k) program. While we currently do not offer matching, we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future.