ML/AI Founding Engineer

Mission

At Navi, artificial intelligence isn’t an experiment — it’s mission-critical. We’re building the AI co-pilot that will analyze flight data, interpret human performance, and deliver feedback that makes pilots safer and more effective. As an AI/ML Engineer, you’ll design and deploy the machine learning systems that power everything from student training flights to commercial airline operations to high-performance fighter jet sorties.

Responsibilities

• Model Development: Design, train, and deploy machine learning models that assess pilot performance and generate actionable feedback.

• Integration: Collaborate with full-stack and product teams to ensure AI models integrate seamlessly into cockpit-ready tools.

• Optimization: Tune algorithms for speed and accuracy to handle real-time telemetry, cockpit audio, and large-scale flight datasets.

• Infrastructure: Build robust APIs and backend systems for scalable inference across schools, airlines, and squadrons.

• Continuous Learning: Architect systems that improve over time, incorporating new data and evolving with pilot performance.

• Research: Stay ahead of the curve on ML techniques, applying advances in AI to aviation and defense.
  

About You

• Strong background in machine learning and AI , with hands-on experience in Python and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.

• Skilled in backend engineering: APIs, databases, and scalable infrastructure.

• Experience deploying ML models in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Comfortable working with large, complex datasets and building real-time data pipelines.

• Analytical, collaborative, and relentless about solving hard problems.

• Bonus: knowledge of aviation, simulation, or flight dynamics.
  

Why This Role Matters

Pilots trust their instruments with their lives. The models you build must earn that same trust — precise, reliable, and battle-tested. As one of Navi’s first AI engineers, you’ll help define the intelligence behind our co-pilot system and shape how aviation training evolves across the world.

What You’ll Get

• Early-stage equity — ownership in a company redefining aviation and defense.

• Flight training — earn your pilot’s license and apply AI insights with firsthand knowledge.

• Cutting-edge challenges — real-world ML on telemetry, audio, and human performance data.

• Community — join a crew that codes by day and flies together on weekends to destinations like Truckee, Sedona, or Catalina.