AI Innovation Academy

Careers · Tustin, CA · near Irvine

Part-time instructors wanted

Two openings, both part-time, both on-site in our Tustin lab: one teaching AI, one teaching 3D modeling, 3D printing and competitive robotics.

Students are in grades 6–12, classes are small, and the equipment is already here.

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Competitive pay · Flexible schedule

Two open roles

Take either one. Tell us which in your email.

Robotics & 3D Instructor

Mechanical engineering · Grades 6–12

Teach 3D modeling, 3D printing and competitive robotics to students in grades 6–12.

Who we're looking for

  • A mechanical engineering background — A degree in ME, robotics or mechatronics.

    U.S. degree preferred; a strong portfolio can stand in for the exact major.

  • Fluent in parametric CAD — Fusion 360, Onshape or SolidWorks, and you can teach it starting from a blank sketch.

  • Real 3D printing experience — Slicing, supports, orientation, tolerances, and why a print fails.

    Not “I have used a printer” — you have fixed one.

  • Hands-on competitive robotics — VEX preferred: drivetrains, lifts, gear ratios, and what a match schedule does to a build.

  • Safe with tools and teenagers in the same room — Printers, hand tools, and shop rules that actually get followed.

You don't have to have taught before.

You do need to have actually built things — parts that fit on the first try, a robot that finished its matches. Photos of what you have made count for more than a teaching certificate.

Send with your email

Your résumé, photos of something you designed and built, and the hours you can teach.

Apply for this role

AI Instructor

Teaching AI · Grades 6–12

Teach our AI courses to students in grades 6–12.

Who we're looking for

  • Real hands-on AI experience — You build with AI at work or on your own.

  • A bachelor's degree or higher from a U.S. school — You know U.S. schools and the college-application system firsthand.

  • Willing to shape the course itself — Work with Coach Robert to refine the courses we run and design the ones we add.

You don't have to be an AI expert.

You do need real hands-on work with the major large language models — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — things you have actually built with them, not things you have read about.

Send with your email

Your résumé, one AI project you have built, and the hours you can teach.

Apply for this role

What both roles need

  • Native-level spoken English — You teach, answer questions and talk with parents in English.

    Mandarin is a plus; English has to be the strength.

  • Genuinely likes teenagers — Clear, patient, holds a room.

  • Authorized to work in the U.S. — CPT and OPT welcome.

    We cannot sponsor visas or immigration status.

  • Commits for a full semester — Weekends or weekday afternoons, on-site at our Tustin lab.

  • Clears a background check — Every adult who works with our students does.

What you get

  • One-on-one onboarding — the lab, the students, and how we run a class. Robert co-teaches your first one.
  • Real teaching experience for your résumé or grad school applications.
  • Open lab access — printers, filament, parts and tools. Build your own projects here.
  • A named recommendation letter, plus ongoing work if it goes well.

Where you would be teaching

Our own space in Tustin, a few minutes from Irvine. Printers, filament, parts bins, hand tools and a full competition field.

The lab in Tustin: printers, filament, parts bins and a full competition field.
The display shelf in the lab.

Coached by Robert · 24580A Inferno · 2025–26 season

  • Excellence Award, California Region 4 Middle School Championship
  • Amaze Award, VEX Robotics World Championship
  • Skills Champion, VEX Signature Event

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Email robert@aryf.org. Name the role, and send what that role asks for.

Led by

Robert Wayne

Fudan University · National University of Singapore · Silicon Valley · Amazon

Founder, AI & Robotics Youth Foundation

No form and no account — one email is the whole application.

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