AI-Driven Engineering Simulation Specialist (PhD)

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor in New York seeks a senior researcher with deep expertise in control systems, analog/RF circuits, power electronics, or mechanical design to lead a frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation with an AI research lab. The role involves defining simulations, specs, and prompts, and guiding the model to generate designs that satisfy every specification.

You will assess the model's internal reasoning on your tasks, using an agentic grader to score spec satisfaction and ensure rigorous

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent track record in a relevant field.
• Experience writing simulations in Python.
• Ability to define specs and quantitative thresholds.

Responsibilities

• Write simulations and specification sheets for model evaluation.
• Define pass/fail thresholds and prompts for the model.
• Evaluate artifacts designed by the model against specs.

Skills

Control systems

Analog/rf circuits

Power electronics

Mechanical design

Education

PhD or equivalent industry track record

Tools

Python

GitHub

Job description

Mercor in New York seeks a senior researcher with deep expertise in control systems, analog/RF circuits, power electronics, or mechanical design to lead a frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation with an AI research lab. The role involves defining simulations, specs, and prompts, and guiding the model to generate designs that satisfy every specification.

You will assess the model's internal reasoning on your tasks, using an agentic grader to score spec satisfaction and ensure rigorous