Engineering PhD

Micro1; India; Remote; INR 10,348,000 - 12,288,000; Part time

Job summary

Cashback24x7 is seeking a PhD candidate or holder in electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or aerospace engineering for a short-term remote pilot. You will design real engineering problems, provide correct solutions, and define objective criteria for correctness within a 2–3 week window.

Pay is $80–95 per hour, with tasks beginning soon after onboarding. Applicants must demonstrate hands-on research experience and the ability to explain reasoning clearly so others can verify results.

Qualifications

• PhD, or PhD candidate, in electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or aerospace engineering.
• Degree from a strong research institution is preferred.
• Hands-on research or practice experience — problems you worked on yourself, not ones you read about.
• Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another engineer could verify it.
• Publications or a record of technical contribution is a plus.
• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design technical problems drawn from real engineering work in your field, with realistic constraints and supporting data.
• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another engineer reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

Skills

PhD candidate in engineering

Hands-on research experience

Clear explanation of reasoning

Education

PhD in engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Role: Engineering PhD Opportunity Snapshot

Pay: $80–95/hour

Duration: Short-term pilot — approximately 2–3 weeks

Project kickoff: Ideally end of week( November 8th)

Location: Fully remote

You’ll need:

• PhD or PhD candidate in electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or aerospace engineering

Your tasks:

Build technical problems from real engineering workflows and define what makes an answer correct

This is a short pilot, roughly 2–3 weeks, focused on real engineering workflows: the problems you’d actually encounter in your research or practice, not textbook exercises. You’ll build those problems, provide the correct analysis, and define what separates a right answer from one that only looks right.

What you’ll do

• Design technical problems drawn from real engineering work in your field, with realistic constraints and supporting data.
• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another engineer reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

What we’re looking for

• PhD, or PhD candidate, in electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or aerospace engineering.
• Degree from a strong research institution is preferred.
• Hands‑on research or practice experience — problems you worked on yourself, not ones you read about.
• Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another engineer could verify it.
• Publications or a record of technical contribution is a plus.
• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.

How the selection process works

• Apply and complete the screening questions
• Complete the AI interview for this role — it’s how your expertise gets in front of the client
• Profile review
• Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up

Start Timeline & Availability

We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts who are ready to begin immediately. If selected, you will be expected to start your first task within 24–48 hours of completing onboarding.