Automotive AI Test & Validation Engineer

Mindrift; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focusing on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Projects are part-time and not permanent employment.

Responsibilities include designing automotive engineering problems, evaluating AI-generated solutions, and validating results with Python. You’ll contribute to improving AI reasoning and apply structured scoring criteria on multi-step problems.

Qualifications

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

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

Automotive Engineering

English proficiency

Education

Degree in Automotive Engineering

Related engineering degree

Job description

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focusing on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. Projects are part-time and not permanent employment.

Responsibilities include designing automotive engineering problems, evaluating AI-generated solutions, and validating results with Python. You’ll contribute to improving AI reasoning and apply structured scoring criteria on multi-step problems.