AI Training Specialist - Electrical Engineering

Outlier; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Free access to leading LLMs

Job summary

Outlier is seeking Electrical Engineering experts to create rigorous prompts, evaluate model responses for engineering accuracy, and ensure frontier AI adheres to the highest standards of technical reasoning — all from a fully remote, flexible schedule.

Your work helps shape how advanced AI systems reason, learn, and perform in real world applications, with earnings up to $150 USD per hour and access to leading AI tools. This is a 1099 contract opportunity with no minimum hours.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering or adjacent field.
• Experience as practicing engineer, researcher, or in a highly technical analytical role.
• Ability to write clearly about engineering concepts in fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Assess factuality and relevance of domain-specific text produced by AI models.
• Craft and answer questions related to Electrical Engineering.
• Evaluate and rank domain-specific responses generated by AI models.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering or adjacent field

Job description

Electrical Engineering Experts Wanted to Train the Next Generation of AI

Put your EE expertise to work — earn up to $150/hr, fully remote, flexible hours.

Earn Up To $150 USD/hr, plus additional incentives

Rates vary based on expertise and project requirements. Paid via PayPal or Airtm.

Work the hours you want,
from home or as you travel

Use GPT, Claude, and more — completely free

Over $200/month in AI access, included at no extra cost.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking Electrical Engineering experts to create rigorous technical prompts, evaluate model responses for engineering accuracy, and ensure frontier AI adheres to the highest standards of technical reasoning — all from a fully remote, flexible schedule.

At Outlier, your expertise helps shape how advanced AI systems reason, learn, and improve. Through Outlier’s evaluation and feedback loop, your work helps turn frontier research into AI that performs better in the real world.

$600M+

Paid Out

52

Countries

Responsibilities

We are looking for proficient electrical engineering experts to teach AI how to interpret and solve complex technical problems.

Assessing the factuality and relevance of domain-specific text produced by AI models

Crafting and answering questions related to Electrical Engineering

Evaluating and ranking domain-specific responses generated by AI models

Common Tasks

Write a prompt

Write simple prompts that will act as a starting point for AI models

Edit

Preview

Correct AI models’ reasoning

Review, analyze, and rank AI models’ reasoning for correctness and approach

Step 1 Response

Step 2 Response

Improve

Approve

Step 3 Response

Ideal Qualifications

A PhD in Electrical Engineering or an adjacent field (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics)

Experience working as a practicing engineer, researcher, or in a comparable highly technical/analytical role

Ability to write clearly and precisely about Engineering concepts in fluent English

Currently accepting applicants from:

Argentina

Australia

Canada

Mexico

United Kingdom

United States

Why Join Outlier

Earn Up To $150 USD/hr, plus additional incentives

On average, contributors earn an additional 7.5% through Missions — Outlier’s version of surge pricing. Contributors in the top quartile boost their earnings by 11% on average.**

Work flexibly from anywhere, anytime, with no minimum hours

Contribute to real AI research

Free access to leading LLMs — worth $200+/month

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** Rates vary based on expertise, skills assessment, location, project need, and other factors. For example, higher rates may be offered to PhDs. For non-core work, such as during initial project onboarding or project overtime phases, lower rates apply. Additional incentives data is based on payments made in the past six months and is updated quarterly. Certain projects offer incentive payments. Please review the payment terms for each project.

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This is a 1099 contract opportunity on the Outlier.ai platform. Because this is a freelance opportunity, we do not offer internships, sponsorship, or employment. You must be authorized to work in your country of residence. If you are an international student, you may be able to sign up for Outlier if you are on a visa. You should contact your tax and/or immigration advisor with specific questions regarding your circumstances.

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