PhD Engineering Simulation Specialist — AI-Driven Design

Mercor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a researcher to lead frontier engineering‑reasoning evaluations. You will design simulations and specifications, and guide models to produce designs that satisfy all criteria.

The role emphasizes rigorous problem formulation and quantitative thresholds, in a browser‑based studio with GitHub collaboration. The successful candidate will have deep expertise in control systems or related domains, with a PhD or equivalent track record, and familiarity with Python simulations and

Qualifications

• Deep applied expertise in control systems, analog or RF circuits, power electronics, or mechanical design.
• PhD or equivalent industry track record.
• Comfortable writing simulations in Python and expressing acceptance criteria as quantitative thresholds.
• Able to design problems that are rigorous and non-trivial.

Responsibilities

• Define simulations and specs with pass/fail thresholds.
• Oversee model evaluation with an agentic grader.
• Collaborate in a browser‑based studio and GitHub.
• Onboarding and tooling support provided.

Skills

Control systems

Analog circuits

RF circuits

Power electronics

Mechanical design

Python

Simulations

GitHub

Browser-based studio

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

Python

GitHub

Job description

Mercor is seeking a researcher to lead frontier engineering‑reasoning evaluations. You will design simulations and specifications, and guide models to produce designs that satisfy all criteria.

The role emphasizes rigorous problem formulation and quantitative thresholds, in a browser‑based studio with GitHub collaboration. The successful candidate will have deep expertise in control systems or related domains, with a PhD or equivalent track record, and familiarity with Python simulations and