Control Systems Architect for AI-Evaluated Design

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian seeks a domain-expert engineer for a frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation with a leading AI research lab. You explore whether state-of-the-art models can reason from first principles in engineering domains and reveal the model's internal reasoning on tasks.

In practice you define the simulation, set specs with pass/fail thresholds, and craft the prompts. The model proposes a design and an agentic grader scores satisfaction against your criteria.

Qualifications

• Deep applied expertise in control systems, analog or RF circuits, power electronics, or mechanical design.
• PhD or equivalent industry track record.
• Experience writing simulations in Python and expressing acceptance criteria as quantitative, testable thresholds.

Responsibilities

• Define simulations and specs with pass/fail thresholds.
• Craft prompts and oversee model design attempts and grader scoring.

Skills

Control systems

Analog/RF circuits

Power electronics

Mechanical design

Python simulations

Education

PhD or equivalent industry track record

Tools

Python

GitHub

Job description

Obsidian seeks a domain-expert engineer for a frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation with a leading AI research lab. You explore whether state-of-the-art models can reason from first principles in engineering domains and reveal the model's internal reasoning on tasks.

In practice you define the simulation, set specs with pass/fail thresholds, and craft the prompts. The model proposes a design and an agentic grader scores satisfaction against your criteria.