Industrial Engineer - Process Specialist

Mercor; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking industrial and manufacturing engineers with 2-3 years of experience or current postgraduate students to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will work through real process, operations, and production engineering workflows on your Mac to help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

This role offers a flexible, part-time commitment (10-20 hours/week) with an immediate start.

Qualifications

• Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution
• Ability to clearly explain your engineering decisions while you work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include completing and narrating real industrial and manufacturing engineering tasks on your Mac to create high-quality training data for advanced AI models
• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles
• Immediate start preferred

Skills

Strong communication

Technical narration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's in Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering

Masters studies in engineering or 2-3 years experience + Bachelor's

Tools

CAD

Process mapping

Statistical tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

Role Overview:

Mercor is looking for industrial and manufacturing engineers with 2-3 years of professional experience, or currently enrolled postgrad engineering students, to support a research project with a leading AI lab. You will work through real process, operations, and production engineering workflows on your own Mac to help benchmark and improve cutting-edge AI models.

Qualifications:

• Required: You must own a MacBook or Mac with an Apple M-series chip or Intel processor, running macOS 15 or higher. Applicants without a Mac cannot be considered.

• Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering, or a related field

• Experience with process design, lean/Six Sigma, production planning, quality control, or supply chain analysis using spreadsheets, CAD, process-mapping, or statistical tools

• Currently pursuing or recently completed Masters studies, or have 2-3 years of relevant experience + Bachelors from a prestigious institution

• Ability to clearly explain your engineering decisions while you work

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Job Details:

• Part-time commitment of approximately 10-20 hours per week

• Responsibilities include completing and narrating real industrial and manufacturing engineering tasks on your Mac to create high-quality training data for advanced AI models

• Clearly structured responsibilities without the high pressure typically found in internships or full-time consulting roles

• Immediate start preferred