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Gecko's complete and connected solutions combine wall-climbing robots, industry-leading sensors, and an AI-powered data platform to provide customers with a unique window into the current and future health of their physical assets. This enables real-time decision making to increase the efficiency and safety of operations, promote mission readiness, and protect the environment and civilization from the effects of infrastructure failure.\nRole at a Glance\nGecko Robotics is seeking an AI/ML Engineering Intern to join our Engineering team in New York for Summer 2027. This is a full-time, onsite internship, Monday through Friday.\nGecko collects some of the richest inspection data in the world: ultrasonic and other non-destructive testing (NDT) measurements from wall-climbing robots, paired with the documents, drawings, and operational records that describe the assets they inspect. 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Depending on the project, you may also work with signal-processing tools for ultrasonic data, document-processing and information-extraction pipelines, or orchestration tools such as Airflow. The specific tools will depend on the assigned project.\nAbout You\nYou are an engineer who happens to work in machine learning. You care whether a model works on real data, not just on a benchmark, and you are comfortable owning the code around the model: the pipeline, the evaluation, and the integration. You approach new problems methodically, communicate clearly about results and uncertainty, and are excited to be the first person to look at a problem.\nRequired Skills\nCurrently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028.\n\nAbility to work onsite in New York, Monday through Friday, for the full Summer 2027 internship.\n\nStrong programming experience in Python, including writing well-structured, tested code beyond notebooks.\n\nCoursework or project experience in machine learning, including training and evaluating models on real datasets.\n\nWorking understanding of linear algebra, probability, and statistics.\n\nWorking familiarity with Git or similar version control systems.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain results, quantify uncertainty, and collaborate on ambiguous problems.\n\nAbility to independently close knowledge gaps, stay organized, and learn from feedback.\n\nPreferred Skills\nGraduate-level coursework or research in machine learning, signal processing, or computer vision.\n\nExperience taking a model beyond a notebook: building a pipeline, an API, or a tool around it.\n\nExperience with LLM APIs, retrieval, information extraction, or document understanding.\n\nExperience with time-series or sensor data, especially ultrasonic, acoustic, or other physical measurements.\n\nExposure to cloud infrastructure, preferably GCP, and to containers such as Docker.\n\nInterest in industrial, defense, or infrastructure applications where reliability matters.\n\nWho We Are\nAt Gecko, our people are our greatest investment. In addition to competitive compensation packages, we offer company equity, 401(k) matching, gender-neutral parental leave, full medical, dental, and vision insurance, mental health, ongoing professional development, family planning assistance, and flexible paid time off.\nGecko values collaboration, innovation, and partnership, and we believe we do our best work when we're together in person. We’re an office-first culture but understand that sometimes you may need to work from home. Many people are in the office five days a week, others need a bit more flexibility. Ultimately, we care about the outcomes we achieve - and creating a culture of autonomy and trust that enables that impact.\nGecko is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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