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Engineering Expert

$125
per hour
Part-time contractor Remote Last verified 21 Jul 2026
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About the Role

The research teams behind the best-known AI models come to Mercor for engineering judgment they can't generate on their own. Your standards and expertise become the rubric that frontier AI is graded against. This is a standing listing for engineers who want AI training and evaluation work, not a specific job opening. It stays open whether or not a matching project is running this week. New projects start on short notice, so instead of posting and pulling a listing each time, we keep one open per field and draw from it when one begins.

What You'll Do

  • We match engineers in the network to projects like:
  • Writing a design problem from work you have done, with the loads, the constraints, and the tolerances, plus the reference answer a model's attempt gets graded against
  • Grading model-written analysis: whether the governing failure mode is the one considered, whether the assumptions hold in the regime claimed, whether the safety factor is applied to the right quantity
  • Flagging where a model's design satisfies the calculation and fails in practice, given manufacturability, installation, corrosion, or what the standard actually requires
  • Engineering projects on Mercor have posted at $60 to $125 an hour, set per project by scope and depth.
  • This pool spans the engineering disciplines, including:
  • Structural and civil engineering; environmental engineering
  • Mechanical, aerospace, and industrial engineering; robotics

You're a Good Fit If You

  • A degree in an engineering discipline, with professional design or analysis experience
  • Clear written communication, since most of the work involves explaining your reasoning
  • Comfort with ambiguous tasks, and willingness to flag unclear instructions

Role Highlights

Pay
$60-$125/h
Contract
Part-time contractor
Location
Remote
Category
Coding
Posted
a month ago
Job ID
WE-7739

Pay & Payout

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

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$60-$125/h - Independent contractor engagement. Apply via the link below - Mercor handles onboarding and pays weekly via Stripe or Wise.

We match engineers in the network to projects like: Writing a design problem from work you have done, with the loads, the constraints, and the tolerances, plus the reference answer a model's attempt gets graded against Grading model-written analysis: whether the governing failure mode is the one considered, whether the assumptions hold in the regime claimed, whether the safety factor is applied to the right quantity

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