Thermal Engineer - Fully Remote

Mercor; Berlin; Remote; EUR 122.000 - 147.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. This contract role seeks a Mechanical Engineering Expert for hands-on hardware work, design reviews, and real-world testing across physical systems.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in mechanical engineering, 3+ years in hardware development, and strong CAD/CAE/FEA experience, with CFD/thermal simulation and test instrumentation proficiency.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, incl. 3+ years in hardware development, analysis, testing, validation, integration, or troubleshooting.
• Responsible engineer for real hardware or physical systems, owning portions of the lifecycle.
• Core domain expertise in structural/stress analysis and FEA, thermal analysis, mechanical design, or dynamics and controls.
• Deep knowledge of materials, loads/boundaries, structural margins, fatigue, thermal constraints, tolerances/GD&T, component selection, reliability, manufacturability, and system integration.
• Hands-on experience analyzing, testing, debugging, and validating hardware using CAD/CAE, FEA, CFD/thermal simulation, and test instrumentation.
• Experience developing hardware in real-world product or manufacturing environments.

Aufgaben

• Apply hands-on mechanical engineering to real physical systems and products.
• Review mechanical designs, analyses, simulations, and troubleshooting approaches.
• Analyse trade-offs in structures, materials, thermal performance, design, dynamics, vibration, controls, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Assess technical correctness and feasibility of engineering solutions for real problems.
• Identify incorrect assumptions, design deficiencies, failure modes, and risks.
• Develop or review problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, and docs.
• Draw on design, simulation, prototyping, hardware integration, test, validation, and manufacturing experience.
• Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real-world engineering principles.

Kenntnisse

Mechanical engineering

Hardware development

FEA

CAD/CAE

Thermal analysis

Dynamics and controls

Reliability

Manufacturability

Test instrumentation

Tools

CAD/CAE

FEA

CFD/thermal simulation

Test instrumentation

Jobbeschreibung

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Mechanical Engineering Experts
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$120/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Apply hands-on mechanical engineering expertise to complex tasks involving real physical systems and products.
• Review and evaluate mechanical designs, engineering analyses, simulation results, and troubleshooting approaches.
• Analyse engineering trade-offs involving structures, materials, thermal performance, mechanical design, dynamics, vibration, controls, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Assess the technical correctness and feasibility of engineering solutions for real-world problems.
• Identify incorrect assumptions, design deficiencies, failure modes, and potential implementation risks.
• Develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, and supporting documentation.
• Draw on practical experience with design, simulation, prototyping, hardware integration, test, validation, qualification, debugging, and manufacturing.
• Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real-world engineering experience and established principles.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, including at least 3 years of recent hands‑on experience in hardware development, analysis, testing, validation, integration, or troubleshooting.
• Experience as the responsible engineer for real hardware or physical systems, owning portions of the engineering lifecycle.
• Deep technical expertise in at least one core domain: structural/stress analysis and FEA, thermal analysis, mechanical design, or dynamics and controls.
• Strong command of materials, loads and boundary conditions, structural margins, fatigue, thermal constraints, tolerances/GD&T, component selection, reliability, manufacturability, system integration, and failure-mode analysis.
• Extensive hands‑on experience analyzing, testing, debugging, and validating physical hardware using relevant tools such as CAD/CAE, FEA, CFD/thermal simulation, and test instrumentation.
• Proven experience developing hardware in real-world product or manufacturing environments.

Preferred

• Experience working for a company that designs, builds, tests, and manufactures physical hardware products or systems.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [e-mail]