Remote CFD & Aerodynamics Engineer for AI Evaluation Tasks

Upwork; Roma; On-site; EUR 95,716 - 131,610; Part time

Job summary

Upwork is seeking CFD and Aerodynamic Engineers to design focused tasks for evaluating AI models. The role emphasizes real-world engineering via OpenFOAM, including problem statements, reference solutions, and scoring checkers.

You will work remotely in a flexible, asynchronous environment, collaborating on boundary conditions, mesh quality, and flow regimes while producing verifiable tasks for AI systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering (or closely related discipline).
• Hands-on experience using OpenFOAM for CFD simulations.
• Strong foundation in fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, and heat transfer.
• Experience with mesh generation, turbulence modeling, boundary conditions, post-processing and analysis.
• Ability to write clear, precise, and verifiable engineering problems.
• Excellent written English communication.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Design compact CFD and aerodynamics tasks to evaluate AI models' engineering reasoning.
• Create clear problem statements covering boundary conditions, mesh quality, flow regimes, and simulation setup.
• Develop deterministic scoring checkers to objectively evaluate AI-generated responses.
• Produce verified reference solutions to ensure tasks are technically accurate and solvable.
• Review and refine tasks to improve clarity, physical accuracy, and appropriate difficulty.
• Apply OpenFOAM experience to develop practical and realistic engineering scenarios.
• Work independently in a fully remote, asynchronous environment with flexible scheduling.

Skills

Fluid mechanics

Aerodynamics

Heat transfer

English communication

Independent work

Problem formulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

OpenFOAM

Job description

Upwork is seeking CFD and Aerodynamic Engineers to design focused tasks for evaluating AI models. The role emphasizes real-world engineering via OpenFOAM, including problem statements, reference solutions, and scoring checkers.

You will work remotely in a flexible, asynchronous environment, collaborating on boundary conditions, mesh quality, and flow regimes while producing verifiable tasks for AI systems.