AI/ML Engineering Intern - (Baton Rouge, LA/Frederick, MD)

Bascom Hunter is seeking an AI/ML Engineering Intern to support the development, optimization, deployment, and productization of machine learning models for aerospace and defense applications. The intern will gain hands-on experience developing custom models, optimizing models for edge deployment, building scalable inference solutions, and developing the infrastructure needed to move machine learning capabilities from experimentation toward deployable systems.

This position provides exposure to the full machine learning lifecycle, including data preparation, model development and training, optimization, deployment, MLOps, inference, and performance evaluation.

Bascom Hunter provides custom solutions to the Department of Defense and aerospace markets, with capabilities spanning advanced electronics, communications, RF systems, environmental control, thermal management, power, and other mission-critical technologies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Custom Model Development: Develop, train, evaluate, and improve custom machine learning models for a variety of aerospace, defense, and engineering applications.
• Model Optimization and Pruning: Evaluate and apply model pruning and other optimization techniques to reduce model size and computational requirements for deployment on resource-constrained and edge computing hardware.
• Model Generalization and Productization: Convert and deploy models using formats and frameworks such as ONNX and explore how trained models can be incorporated into applications outside of Python environments.
• Neuromorphic Computing: Gain experience with the BrainChip Akida framework and explore approaches for adapting different machine learning use cases and data types to neuromorphic computing architectures.
• AI/ML Tooling: Use industry-standard tools for experiment tracking, dataset management, model versioning, and ML workflows, including DVC, MinIO, MLflow, and similar technologies.
• Inference and Microservices: Develop i