AI Engineering & Strategy Intern

Location: Los Angeles, CA or Louisville, KY

Hours: 10–20 hours per week

About the work

Support digital operations, AI tool evaluation and beginner-friendly engineering work for AstraQua’s commercial applications. The internship combines website and content tasks, practical analysis, internal documentation and small automation projects.

What you will do

• Update approved website content through the CMS, track performance and uptime, and support basic SEO improvements to titles, descriptions and content.
• Maintain a social-media content calendar, prepare approved posts and track agreed performance metrics.
• Evaluate AI, analytics, automation and marketing tools using concrete tasks; compare capabilities, costs, data handling and limitations in a short decision matrix.
• Help troubleshoot common device, account and software issues within assigned access, and maintain useful inventories and internal guides.
• Assist with freelancer research, task briefs, progress tracking and documented feedback for design, content, research or technical work.
• Learn Git/GitHub workflows and write small Python or PowerShell scripts for approved internal tasks.
• Contribute to internal tools, dashboards and documentation, including clear setup and rollback notes.
• Review AI messaging with the team and help prioritize specific internal opportunities in automation, analytics or decision support.

What you bring

• Computer science major or a similar background.
• Basic familiarity with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
• Comfort learning CMS, SEO and social-media workflows.
• Strong writing and analytical thinking, curiosity, reliability and willingness to learn.

Useful additional experience

Python or PowerShell, basic Git/GitHub, CRM/analytics/SEO tools, or interest in engineering and business decision-making.

Initial project to agree

An initial project could combine a maintained content/task calendar, one evidence-based AI-tool comparison and one documented small automation. Agree permissions, review owners and measures of completion before making changes.

About AstraQua

AstraQua is developing a modular autonomy architecture with AQFM as its shared intelligence foundation. Specialized agents contribute perception, reasoning, health and coordination. AstraSense is the health-intelligence agent, with electrified aviation as an initial research application; it connects condition and remaining capability with mission decisions. Our approach to safe AI emphasizes defined operating boundaries, deterministic safety controls, operator authority and behavior designed for verification and validation.

How to apply

Email your resume, job title and preferred location (Los Angeles, CA or Louisville, KY) to careers@astraqua.com. Include an optional LinkedIn profile, 3–5 sentences on why AI, engineering and strategy interest you, and any nonconfidential project links such as GitHub, a portfolio or class assignments.