# CFD Engineer - AI Trainer

About the role Help train and evaluate AI agents on expert-level fluid simulation tasks. You'll take CAD geometry, set up and run simulations, build verified reference solutions, and write Python checks for the agent's results. Requirements A degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or a related field such as energy or oil & gas. A PhD is preferred but not required. Several years of hands-on industry or research CFD with OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent/CFX or STAR-CCM+, including meshing. Solid verification and validation practice: mesh-independence studies, and validation against experiment or benchmarks. Comfortable with Python and GitHub. English at B2 level or above. Nice to have: aerospace, automotive, offshore or turbomachinery background; multiphase or particle-laden flow experience. Project time expectations For this project, tasks are estimated to require around 10-20 hours per week during active phases, based on project requirements. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed workload, and applies only while the project is active. Compensation On this project, contributors can earn up to $37 per hour equivalent, depending on their level and pace of contribution. Compensation vari

- **Id**: 3818456
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mindrift-cfd-engineer-ai-trainer-61>
- **Role**: HR
- **Role family**: HR
- **Employment type**: part_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: AE, SA, BH, KW, OM, QA
- **Hiring countries total**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T16:50:11Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T21:38:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1776
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Freelance & Talent Marketplaces, AI Training Data & Annotation, AI Evaluation & Observability

## Company

- **Id**: 3475
- **Name**: Mindrift
- **Domain**: mindrift.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mindrift>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: yes
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary

- **Max**: 37
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 74000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ANSYS** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub** — Optional: yes
- **OpenFOAM** — Optional: yes
- **STAR-CCM+** — Optional: yes
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Arab Emirates** — Iso: AE; Kind: country
- **Saudi Arabia** — Iso: SA; Kind: country
- **Bahrain** — Iso: BH; Kind: country
- **Kuwait** — Iso: KW; Kind: country
- **Oman** — Iso: OM; Kind: country
- **Qatar** — Iso: QA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T16:50:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T23:17:11Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 74000
- **Is top pay**: no

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