CNC Machining Expert - Evaluator - AI Trainer

Obsidian; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian is building a high-quality evaluation dataset for CNC manufacturing and seeks experienced CNC machinists to author and validate grading rubrics for CNC machining work. You will bring real production-floor judgment to determine whether a machining approach would be approved or rejected for a production run, and clearly explain your reasoning.

Strong writing skills are required as all deliverables are text-based.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on CNC machining experience.
• Strong production judgment - able to tell what would and wouldn't run safely on a real machine.
• Written English fluency (all deliverables are text-based).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to text-only, objective, verifiable rubrics for grading CNC machining solutions across provided CAD models and machining context (stock, machine, tooling).
• Write clear verification rationale for each criterion.
• Review sample solutions and explain pass/fail outcomes.

Skills

CNC machining

Production judgment

Written English

Tools

Haas VF-2

Makera Carvera

Job description

About the roleWe're building a high-quality evaluation dataset for CNC manufacturing and are looking for experienced CNC machinists to help author and validate grading rubrics for CNC machining work. You'll bring real production-floor judgment to determine whether a machining approach would be approved or rejected for a production run, and clearly explain your reasoning.

What you'll do

• Contribute to text-only, objective, verifiable rubrics for grading CNC machining solutions across provided CAD models and machining context (stock, machine, tooling).
• Write clear verification rationale for each criterion.
• Review sample solutions and explain pass/fail outcomes.

Minimum requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on CNC machining experience.
• Strong production judgment - able to tell what would and wouldn't run safely on a real machine.
• Written English fluency (all deliverables are text-based).

Preferred

• Experience with hobbyist machines (Makera Carvera) and Haas machines (VF-2).