Mechanical / Hardware Design Engineer

$135/hr

remote

Posted Aug 4, 2026

We're building a research cohort of senior domain experts in mechanical and hardware design — spanning CAD, RTL, and robotics — to help evaluate how frontier AI models reason about hard, real-world expert-level problems. This is research-and-evaluation work, not production engineering: you'll be defining what "correct" and "excellent" look like on problems you already know deeply.

Requirements

Domain: Hardware (CAD / RTL / Robotics)
Experience: 8–12 years
Education: Bachelor's Degree (PE license or Master's a plus)

Candidates who meet the requirements and provide the requested materials will be prioritized for review. As part of this process, we conduct thorough background checks. Please apply only if you meet these requirements — candidates who meet fewer than 70% of the stated qualifications may be flagged for misrepresenting their professional experience, which could affect eligibility for future project staffing.

Responsibilities

Design realistic technical scenarios and problem sets within your track
Author expert-level reference solutions and grading rubrics
Evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, depth, and domain judgment

Requirements

Currently or recently active in the field — hands-on, not purely academic-adjacent
Strong written communication — you'll be authoring technical explanations and structured feedback, not just doing the work itself
Comfortable with independent, asynchronous, remote work
Meets the experience and education bar described in Full Description

Preferred Qualifications

Prior research publication record, open-source contributions, or recognized work product in your track's domain
Experience evaluating, reviewing, or grading others' technical work (peer review, code review, grading, editing)
Track-specific bonus signal Hardware: RTL/HDL, CAD, robotics