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This opportunity brings together hands-on mechanical engineering expertise and artificial intelligence to help evaluate and improve how AI models solve real-world engineering problems. Selected experts will contribute their knowledge to the development of high-quality, technically accurate AI systems.\nThis opportunity is designed for practicing engineers across mechanical design and CAD, structures and materials, thermal and fluid systems, dynamics and controls, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, HVAC, robotics, energy, and related mechanical engineering disciplines.\nThe models can already communicate fluently about mechanical engineering concepts. The challenge is teaching them to reliably perform the actual engineering work: sizing components against real load cases, identifying potential failure modes, evaluating CAD assemblies and clearances, analyzing design changes, and understanding downstream impacts. Your engineering judgment will help establish the benchmark against which these AI models are evaluated.\nEngagement DetailsEngagement\nFully remote, project-based work with a flexible schedule. Around 10 hours per week is the recommended starting point; the project prioritizes engineers who can commit 30–40 hours per week, though part-time availability is considered.\nPay Rate$40–$125+ USD/hour, paid via PayPalLocation\nUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand\nFirst StepSkills assessment (1–3 hours)Responsibilities:\nDesign challenging, closed-ended mechanical engineering problems based on your own professional experience that require genuine engineering reasoning rather than simple information lookup.\n\nDerive and verify the correct answers to your problems and develop clear, technically rigorous worked solutions demonstrating your methodology.\n\nTest engineering problems against advanced AI models and refine them to appropriately challenge the models’ reasoning capabilities.\n\nEvaluate AI-generated mechanical engineering analysis, designs, calculations, and technical documentation for accuracy and real-world applicability.\n\nCompare AI-generated solutions and determine which performs better, identifying specific strengths, weaknesses, and technical errors.\n\nIdentify and document concrete failures, including incorrect assumptions, calculation or unit errors, unrealistic results, overlooked failure modes, improper material or component selection, and misinterpretation of engineering requirements.\n\nReview problems and solutions developed by other engineering contributors for technical correctness, ambiguity, rigor, and practical relevance.\n\nApply your expertise across one or more mechanical engineering disciplines, including:\n\nMechanical Design & CAD: geometry, clearances, tolerances, mechanisms, assemblies, and the impact of design changes.\n\nStructures & Materials: stress, deflection, fatigue, buckling, material selection, and failure analysis.\n\nThermal & Fluids: heat transfer, thermodynamics, HVAC, pumps, piping, and fluid mechanics.\n\nDynamics & Controls: vibration, kinematics, rotating machinery, and control systems.\n\nManufacturing: DFM/DFA, process selection, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and cost and quality trade-offs.\n\nQualifications:\nFluency in English, with the ability to communicate complex technical reasoning clearly in writing.\n\n2+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience in design, product development, manufacturing, thermal systems, structural engineering, automotive, aerospace, HVAC, robotics, energy, or a related discipline.\n\nBackground in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering field.\n\nStrong engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of mechanics of materials, dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and manufacturing processes.\n\nExperience with tools relevant to your engineering specialty, which may include CAD platforms such as SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, Creo, NX, CATIA, or Inventor; FEA/CFD tools; or MATLAB/Python for engineering analysis.\n\nAbility to develop precise, technically rigorous, and unambiguous engineering problems and clearly explain the reasoning behind the correct solution.\n\nAbility to articulate why an engineering answer or design is incorrect, not simply identify that it is wrong.\n\nStrong attention to detail and the ability to identify edge cases, incorrect assumptions, and potential failure modes.\n\nWorking comfort with AI tools, or the ability to learn and use them quickly.\n\nA current, in-progress, or completed Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.\n\nRelevant Backgrounds:This opportunity may be particularly relevant for professionals currently working as:\n\nMechanical Engineer\n\nMechanical Design Engineer\n\nProduct Engineer\n\nManufacturing Engineer\n\nStructural/Mechanical Engineer\n\nThermal Engineer\n\nHVAC Engineer\n\nAutomotive Engineer\n\nAerospace Engineer\n\nRobotics Engineer\n\nMechanical Systems Engineer\n\nNote: Payment is made via PayPal. 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