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Electrical & Hardware Engineering Experts

$120
per hour
Part-time contractor Remote Last verified 21 Jul 2026
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About the Role

Mercor is seeking experienced Electrical and Hardware Engineers to support an advanced engineering and AI research initiative with a leading technology organisation. We are looking for deeply hands-on engineers who have designed, built, tested, brought up, debugged, or validated real-world hardware systems in production environments. Relevant backgrounds include: This role is particularly well suited for engineers who have worked directly on complex physical products and can bring practical engineering judgment to evaluating technical designs, troubleshooting workflows, and real-world hardware problems.

What You'll Do

  • Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to technically complex engineering tasks.
  • Review and evaluate hardware designs, engineering workflows, technical analyses, and troubleshooting approaches.
  • Analyse design trade-offs, failure modes, measurements, test results, and system-level engineering decisions.
  • Assess the technical correctness and practicality of engineering solutions generated for real-world hardware problems.
  • Identify errors, missing assumptions, unrealistic recommendations, and potential design or implementation risks.
  • Develop or review technically rigorous engineering problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, or supporting documentation.
  • Draw on practical experience with hardware development, validation, bring-up, debugging, manufacturing, and testing.
  • Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real engineering experience and industry best practices.

You're a Good Fit If You

    Role Highlights

    Pay
    $100-$120/h
    Contract
    Part-time contractor
    Location
    Remote
    Category
    Coding
    Posted
    18 days ago
    Job ID
    WE-7695

    Pay & Payout

    Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.

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    $100-$120/h - Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.

    Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to technically complex engineering tasks. Review and evaluate hardware designs, engineering workflows, technical analyses, and troubleshooting approaches. Analyse design trade-offs, failure modes, measurements, test results, and system-level engineering decisions.

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