Automotive AI Validation Engineer (Part-Time)

Mindrift; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment up to $55/hour

Flexible project-based work

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.

This role involves designing automotive engineering problems, evaluating AI-generated solutions, validating results with Python, and applying first-principles reasoning to ensure accuracy.

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
• Stable internet connection
• Professional certifications (PE, CEng, PMP) an advantage

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

Strong English writing

Education

Automotive Engineering degree or related fields

Tools

Python (NumPy SciPy Pandas)

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.

This role involves designing automotive engineering problems, evaluating AI-generated solutions, validating results with Python, and applying first-principles reasoning to ensure accuracy.