Cartesian Systems
Micro-Intern: Research Assistant (IAP - Alumni Host)
Cambridge, MA +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
About the job
Own a defined R&D project improving indoor-positioning machine-learning models, data pipelines, and collection tools for retail environments.
What you'll do
- Visit retail stores to run experiments and collect datasets.
- Develop scripts to process and analyze large datasets; optimize models and pipelines for cost and efficiency.
- Improve production-model accuracy and automate, strengthen, and simplify data-collection tools.
What they ask for
- Strong Python coding skills.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and complete them with minimal oversight.
- Ability to learn quickly in unfamiliar areas and work through ambiguity.
Pay
$20-25/hr (currency not stated; pay basis not specified)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Optimize machine-learning models and pipelines and improve production-model accuracy for indoor positioning.
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