Automotive AI Engineer - Part-Time, Project-Based

Mindrift; Michigan; On-site; USD 45,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.

Design graduate- and industry-level automotive engineering problems, evaluate AI-generated solutions, and validate results using Python. This role improves AI reasoning to align with first principles and accepted engineering standards, applying structured scoring to multi-step problem

Qualifications

• Degree in Automotive Engineering or related fields.
• 3+ years of professional automotive engineering experience.
• Strong written English (C1/C2).
• Strong Python proficiency for numerical validation.

Responsibilities

• Design graduate- and industry-level automotive engineering problems grounded in real practice.
• Evaluate AI-generated solutions for correctness, assumptions, and engineering logic.
• Validate analytical or numerical results using Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas).
• Improve AI reasoning to align with first principles and accepted engineering standards.
• Apply structured scoring criteria to assess multi-step problem solving.

Skills

Python proficiency

Automotive engineering

English proficiency

Education

Automotive Engineering degree

Job description

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Participation is project-based, not permanent employment.

Design graduate- and industry-level automotive engineering problems, evaluate AI-generated solutions, and validate results using Python. This role improves AI reasoning to align with first principles and accepted engineering standards, applying structured scoring to multi-step problem