• 1-2 years building production AI/ML systems—internships, side projects, or early-career roles where you shipped models to users • Strong Python engineering skills with experience in AI frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or built your own agent orchestration from scratch • Hands-on experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source models) and know how to prompt, fine-tune, and evaluate them for real tasks • Familiarity with computer vision or sensor processing—you've worked with image models, video streams, or multi-modal data pipelines • Comfort with deploying ML systems in production—you understand Docker, APIs, cloud/edge infrastructure, and real-world performance constraints • Genuine curiosity about robotics, drones, or physical AI—you want to build systems that interact with the real world, not just pixels on a screen • High learning velocity—you pick up new tools, research papers, and frameworks fast without needing a syllabus • Bonus: Experience with ROS, drone SDKs, real-time systems, or reinforcement learning