Computational Structural, Mechanical Engineering Expert

🕒 August 12

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $70 - $85 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

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📋 Description

• Create challenging computational scientific and engineering problems for benchmarking advanced AI systems • Design graduate-level problems based on real scientific workflows • Develop problems requiring specialized scientific software, simulations, result interpretation, experiment design, and data analysis • Create exact-answer computational tasks and strategic query/experiment tasks that uncover hidden information • Test each problem against state-of-the-art AI models • Refine problem designs until they reach the target difficulty • Write problem setups, oracle functions, and solution validators • Design problems emphasizing reasoning, careful analysis, and non-obvious solutions • Work independently and incorporate feedback into problem designs

🎯 Requirements

• Graduate-level training in a relevant STEM field (MS, PhD, or equivalent research experience) • Proven proficiency with at least one listed scientific software library, demonstrated through research publications, open-source contributions, or professional work • Strong Python skills • Ability to work independently and refine problem designs based on feedback • Comfortable working in a Linux/terminal environment with remote compute sandboxes • Available for at least 15–20 hours per week • Hands-on experience with open-source, domain-specific computational tools • Experience solving actual research problems with scientific software • Understanding of software limitations, edge cases, and sources of genuine problem difficulty • H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported • Nice to have: experience across multiple listed domains or tools • Nice to have: familiarity with benchmark or evaluation design • Nice to have: background in scientific teaching or exam/problem-set design • Nice to have: experience with computational reproducibility and containerized environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role • Flexible schedule / can be completed on your own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Competitive pay • Collaboration with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance • Reasonable accommodations upon request • Up to $400 for each successful referral • No limit on referrals