Electrical Engineer - Fully Remote

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Electrical Engineer on a remote contract basis to guide research and engineering teams, focusing on improving AI model performance in electrical engineering. You will design and assess circuits, boards, power systems, and embedded control implementations while writing clear reference solutions.

You will evaluate model outputs, provide precise feedback, and help develop rubrics for evaluating reasoning in analog/mixed-signal design, RF, PCB, and power distribution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• At least 5 years of hands-on electrical engineering experience in relevant industries.
• Proven ownership of real engineering work on circuits or boards.
• Proficiency with SPICE/LTspice, Cadence, Altium, KiCad, MATLAB/Simulink, and relevant codes (IEEE, NEC, IPC, UL).
• Strong written communication and ability to explain complex decisions.

Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to improve AI model performance in electrical engineering.
• Design domain-relevant tasks and write accurate reference solutions to electrical problems.
• Evaluate tasks and model outputs; provide clear technical feedback and catch errors.
• Develop rubrics to assess reasoning across analog/mixed-signal design, RF, PCB, power distribution, and control systems.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Skills

Electrical engineering

40 hours/week availability

Strong written communication

Experience with large language models

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

5+ years hands-on electrical engineering experience

Professional Engineer (PE) license a plus

Tools

SPICE/LTspice

Cadence

Altium

KiCad

MATLAB/Simulink

ETAP

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Electrical Engineer
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Duration: 3 to 4 months
Commitment: 40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in electrical engineering, including circuit analysis and design, power systems and power electronics, and embedded and control systems.
• Design challenging, domain-relevant tasks, and write accurate and well-structured reference solutions to electrical engineering problems.
• Evaluate electrical engineering tasks and model outputs. Provide clear, written technical feedback, catching incorrect assumptions, unit and sign errors, violated design constraints, and unsafe design choices.
• Develop guidelines and detailed rubrics to assess the quality of reasoning across areas such as analog and mixed-signal design, RF, PCB and board-level design, power distribution, signal processing, and controls.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on professional electrical engineering experience in industry, for example in semiconductors, consumer electronics, power and utilities, aerospace and defense, automotive and EV, robotics, telecommunications, or medical devices.
• Genuine ownership of real engineering work, for example designing and bringing up circuits or boards, running circuit simulations, specifying power systems, or taking hardware through design reviews, validation, and production.
• Working fluency with common tools (for example SPICE/LTspice, Cadence, Altium, KiCad, MATLAB/Simulink, or ETAP) and familiarity with relevant codes and standards (for example IEEE, NEC, IPC, or UL).
• Demonstrable career progression toward senior or lead engineering responsibility. A Professional Engineer (PE) license is a plus but not required.
• Hands-on working use of large language models in professional work, and the judgment to tell a well-reasoned answer from a plausible-sounding wrong one.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 40 hours/week during weekdays.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly.

Compensation & Legal

• W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.