Intern - Device Build

Navi AI • San Francisco, CA

13d

About The Position

Navi captures everything a pilot sees and hears and turns it into automated debrief intelligence — sortie-level awareness that has never existed before. None of it works without the hardware in the aircraft. That's what you'll build.

This is a hands-on hardware internship. You'll build, test, and ship the devices that fly in real aircraft at university flight schools and military squadrons. Every unit you assemble ends up in a cockpit, capturing data a pilot and instructor will sit down and review that same day. Nothing here is a prototype exercise. Navi is already live at leading flight schools.

You'll work directly with our hardware and engineering teams, and you'll see the consequences of your work fast — if a unit fails, you'll hear about it, and you'll be part of fixing it.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience — we care more about what you've built than where you're enrolled
• Comfortable with hand tools, wiring and basic electronics debugging
• Careful and consistent. Hardware that flies has to be built the same way every time, and you take that seriously
• You've built physical things — personal projects, robotics teams, Formula SAE, RC aircraft, drones, a workshop in your garage. Tell us about them
• Willing to do the unglamorous work. Some days are assembly and testing, and those units still have to be perfect
• Curious about why things fail and persistent enough to find out
• Comfortable in ambiguity — processes here are still being written, and you'll help write them

Nice To Haves

• You know how to fly. A private pilot certificate, student pilot time, or any flight training is a real bonus. Pilots understand the cockpit environment these devices live in, and we'll lean on you for more than device build — flight testing, data collection, ride-alongs, and translating what actually happens in the aircraft back to the engineering team
• Familiarity with aviation systems, avionics, or general aviation aircraft
• CAD, 3D printing, or fabrication experience
• Basic scripting for test automation or data validation

Responsibilities

• Assemble, wire, and bench-test Navi devices — audio capture, mounting hardware, cable harnesses, enclosures
• Diagnose failures on returned or field-reported units and feed what you learn back into the build
• Help improve the build itself — fixturing, assembly documentation, anything that makes the next hundred units faster and more reliable than the last hundred
• Track inventory, components, and BOMs so we never stall a deployment waiting on a part
• Support installs and field testing — prepping shipments, walking operators through mounting, and validating that data comes back clean
• Work alongside engineers across hardware, firmware, and software to close the loop between what we build and what pilots actually experience

Benefits

• Hardware that ships — your work flies in aircraft at flight schools, airlines, and the U.S. Air Force
• Direct access to the founding team and every part of the stack, from hardware to AI
• A path to a full-time role for interns who prove they can own the build

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed