Engineering Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $90/hr

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Materials & Engineering Specialist for a contract, remote position. You will author domain-authentic tasks from your materials science or engineering experience and help build evaluation criteria.

This role offers a flexible, remote arrangement and the opportunity to shape evolving work with senior experts; compensation ranges from $60 to $90 per hour.

Qualifications

• Senior expertise in materials science or engineering domains.

Responsibilities

• Author domain-authentic tasks from your materials science or engineering experience.
• Build a data room and grading criteria for objectively scorable tasks.
• Run tasks against the model, analyze performance, and iterate for genuine discrimination.
• Collaborate with the project lead and domain experts to define 'good' in your domain.
• Work independently and shape the evolving work structure.

Skills

Materials science expert

Ambiguity handling

Explain reasoning

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: Materials & Engineering Specialist Type: Contract Compensation: $60–$90/hour Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Author domain-authentic tasks from your materials science or engineering experience.


• Build a data room and grading criteria for objectively scorable tasks.


• Run tasks against the model, analyze performance, and iterate for genuine discrimination.


• Collaborate with the project lead and domain experts to define \"good\" in your domain.


• Work independently and shape the evolving work structure.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Senior expertise in materials science or engineering domains.


• Comfortable with ambiguity and shaping evolving work.


• Ability to explain both correct and incorrect answers.

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