Hardware Design Engineer (Remote | $60–$120/hr)

Synthires; Greater London; Remote; GBP 62,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Synthires is seeking a Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD) for a fully remote contractor role.

You will craft rigorous hardware engineering challenges for AI training projects, develop reproducible reference solutions, and validate outcomes using engineering tools with emphasis on first-principles reasoning and verifiable results. Ideal candidates have significant hardware engineering experience, demonstrated project ownership, and familiarity with coding agents.

Qualifications

• Significant professional or research experience in hardware engineering or a related technical field.
• Ownership of substantial engineering projects, testing, validation, or failure analysis.
• Experience working with coding agents.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop accurate, well-documented, and reproducible engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Create technically rigorous hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios.
• Develop clear, reproducible reference solutions using calculations, simulations, scripts, or experimental reasoning.
• Validate results using appropriate engineering tools and software.
• Apply first-principles reasoning to practical engineering constraints.
• Design challenges that assess technical judgment, quantitative reasoning, and problem-solving.
• Ensure solutions can be independently verified.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Project ownership

Coding agents

Quantitative reasoning

Documentation & reproducibility

Education

Electrical/Mechatronics/related field degree

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Simulink

SPICE

Julia

C/C++

Test automation

Job description

Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD) (Remote | $60-$120/hr)

Position: Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Type: Contractor

Compensation: $60-$120/hour (output-based)

Location: Global, Fully Remote

About the Opportunity

Contribute hardware engineering expertise to AI training projects focused on complex, real-world engineering challenges. Create rigorous technical problems, develop reproducible reference solutions, and validate results using engineering tools and sound technical reasoning. Experience working with coding agents is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Create technically rigorous hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios.
• Develop clear, reproducible reference solutions using calculations, simulations, scripts, or experimental reasoning.
• Validate results using appropriate engineering tools and software.
• Apply first-principles reasoning to practical engineering constraints.
• Design challenges that assess technical judgment, quantitative reasoning, and problem-solving.
• Ensure solutions can be independently verified.

Required Qualifications

• Significant professional or research experience in hardware engineering or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated ownership of substantial engineering projects, testing, validation, or failure analysis.
• Experience working with coding agents.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop accurate, well-documented, and reproducible engineering solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• Experience in product development, systems integration, reliability, testing, or validation.
• Experience taking hardware products or subsystems into production.
• Familiarity with tools such as Python, MATLAB, Simulink, SPICE, Julia, C/C++, or test automation platforms.

Compensation

• $60-$120/hour, with payment based on completed tasks that meet project specifications.
• Expected commitment: approximately 15 hours per week.
• Minimum task submission requirements apply.