Materials Science & Engineering Specialist (Remote · $60–$90/hr)

Materials & Engineering Specialist

• Position: Materials & Engineering Specialist
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Compensation: $60–$90/hour
• Location: Remote

About the Opportunity

This opportunity is for experienced materials science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering professionals to contribute to advanced AI research and evaluation projects.

You'll apply your real-world engineering expertise to design realistic technical tasks, build supporting data rooms and evaluation criteria, assess AI-generated solutions, and refine tasks to accurately measure expert-level engineering reasoning.

The role is ideal for professionals who can navigate complex technical problems, ambiguity, engineering constraints, and nuanced trade-offs while clearly explaining both correct and incorrect approaches.

Responsibilities

• Author domain-authentic engineering tasks based on real-world professional experience.
• Develop realistic technical prompts, supporting documentation, datasets, and data rooms.
• Create objective grading criteria and evaluation rubrics for engineering tasks.
• Run engineering tasks against AI models and analyze the quality of generated solutions.
• Identify technical errors, weak assumptions, gaps in reasoning, and incorrect engineering approaches.
• Iterate on tasks and evaluation criteria to ensure they effectively distinguish expert-level engineering judgment.
• Explain not only the correct engineering solution but also why alternative or incorrect solutions fail.
• Collaborate with project leads and other engineering experts to establish appropriate technical standards.
• Apply professional engineering judgment when dealing with ambiguous or incompletely defined problems.

Required Qualifications

• Strong professional expertise in at least one relevant engineering discipline:
• Materials Science: metals, ceramics, composites, characterization, additive manufacturing.
• Electrical Engineering: analog, RF, power systems.
• Mechanical Engineering: mechanical design, CFD and fluids, heat transfer, pressure vessels, NDE, CAE.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical engineering problems.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, methodologies, and real-world constraints.
• Ability to evaluate technical solutions and identify subtle errors or unrealistic assumptions.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to clearly explain why a technical solution is correct or incorrect.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment.
• Strong written communication skills and attention to technical detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Senior-level professional experience in materials science, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering.
• Experience working on complex engineering projects involving design, analysis, testing, simulation, or characterization.
• Experience creating or reviewing technical documentation, engineering reports, datasets, or evaluation criteria.
• Familiarity with engineering software, simulation tools, laboratory workflows, or technical data analysis.
• Experience with AI evaluation, technical benchmarking, or AI training projects is a plus, but not required.
• Comfortable working through ambiguous technical requirements and defining what constitutes a high-quality solution.

Compensation

• Competitive compensation of $60–$90/hour.
• Hourly contract engagement.
• Fully remote with flexible work arrangements.
• Daily onboarding sessions and multiple office hours available.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced AI training and evaluation projects.

Application Process

• Apply to the role
• Complete the required screening questions
• Provide details about your engineering background and specialization
• Complete the relevant technical assessment or evaluation
• Participate in onboarding sessions
• Hiring/project team review
• Begin contributing to engineering AI evaluation tasks