Mechanical Engineering PhD - Problem Author

Obsidian; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Obsidian is seeking a senior mechanical engineering expert to design and validate challenging industry problems. You will author original, free-response questions grounded in real scenarios and provide complete expert solutions.

You will validate difficulty by running the problems against frontier language models until at least one fails. The role demands a PhD plus 8+ years of hands-on experience in design, analysis, or R&D, with preference for candidates from well-known blue-chip employers.

Qualifikationen

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering required.
• 8+ years of hands-on professional/industry experience in design, analysis, or R&D.
• Open to candidates from blue-chip employers.

Aufgaben

• Author original, free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios.
• Write a complete expert-level solution for each problem.
• Validate problem difficulty by testing against three frontier language models.

Kenntnisse

Mechanical design

FEA

R&D experience

Project leadership

Ausbildung

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

ANSYS

MATLAB/Simulink

Jobbeschreibung

We're looking for a senior mechanical engineering expert to help build a benchmark of the hardest reasoning questions in the field - questions specifically designed to be difficult enough that today's most capable AI models still get them wrong. You'll author original, free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios, write a complete expert-level solution for each, and validate difficulty by running it against three frontier language models until at least one fails.

Requirements: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, plus 8+ years of hands-on professional/industry experience in design, analysis, or R&D. Candidates from well-known/blue-chip employers preferred.