Project-Based Mechanical Engineer & Python Specialist for AI

Mindrift; Townsville City; Remote; AUD 45,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech firms, focusing on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. This role involves creating engineering problems, validating solutions with Python, and documenting results for review.

Contributors engage in flexible, part-time projects with compensation based on contribution level, around 10–20 hours per week during active phases.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience (applied, research, or teaching).
• Proficiency in Python for numerical validation.
• Strong written English (C1+).
• Certifications (e.g., CMME, SAS) and international/applied project experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design original computational engineering problems simulating real workflows.
• Create problems requiring Python programming to solve calculations and simulations.
• Ensure problems are computationally intensive using numerical methods.
• Develop problems involving system design, optimization, and analysis.
• Verify solutions using Python with standard engineering libraries.

Skills

Python programming

English proficiency

Numerical methods

Engineering problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

R

C

SQL

NumPy

Pandas

SciPy

Job description

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech firms, focusing on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. This role involves creating engineering problems, validating solutions with Python, and documenting results for review.

Contributors engage in flexible, part-time projects with compensation based on contribution level, around 10–20 hours per week during active phases.