Remote Materials Scientist & Failure Analysis Evaluator

AfterQuery; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 123,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Weekly pay via Stripe

Ongoing projects

Job summary

AfterQuery is seeking materials scientists and engineers to author and grade selection and failure analysis scenarios for frontier AI labs. This is a contract role with remote, async work and weekly Stripe payments.

You will write reference answers with structured reasoning, grade model outputs for technical accuracy, and flag recommendations that would fail in service. Minimum 10 hours/week, ongoing projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in materials science and engineering or closely related field.
• 2+ years of professional materials engineering or R&D experience.
• Depth in at least one materials class such as metals, polymers, ceramics, or semiconductors.
• Clear written English for documenting materials reasoning.
• Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Author realistic materials scenarios from selection through failure analysis.
• Write reference answers with the structure property reasoning behind each decision.
• Grade model output for technical accuracy and practical feasibility.
• Flag recommendations that read plausible but would fail in service.

Skills

Clear written English

10 hours per week commitment

2+ years materials R&D

Education

Degree in materials science and engineering or closely related field

Job description

AfterQuery is seeking materials scientists and engineers to author and grade selection and failure analysis scenarios for frontier AI labs. This is a contract role with remote, async work and weekly Stripe payments.

You will write reference answers with structured reasoning, grade model outputs for technical accuracy, and flag recommendations that would fail in service. Minimum 10 hours/week, ongoing projects.