Hardware Engineering Specialist (Remote | $60–$120/hr)

Synthires; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Synthires seeks a Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD) for a fully remote engagement on AI training projects. You will create rigorous hardware engineering problems, develop reference solutions, and validate results using engineering tools and first-principles reasoning.

The role emphasizes ownership of substantial engineering work, coding agents experience, and documenting reproducible solutions. Expect ~15 hours per week as a task-based contractor.

Qualifications

• Significant professional or research experience in hardware engineering or a related technical field.
• Ownership of substantial engineering projects, testing, validation, or failure analysis.
• Experience working with coding agents.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop accurate, well-documented, and reproducible engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Create technically rigorous hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios.
• Develop clear, reproducible reference solutions using calculations, simulations, scripts, or experimental reasoning.
• Validate results using appropriate engineering tools and software.
• Apply first-principles reasoning to practical engineering constraints.
• Design challenges that assess technical judgment, quantitative reasoning, and problem-solving.
• Ensure solutions can be independently verified.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Coding agents experience

Quantitative reasoning

Documentation of solutions

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/related field

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Simulink

SPICE

Julia

C/C++

Test automation

Job description

Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD) (Remote | $60–$120/hr)

Position: Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Type: Contractor

Compensation: $60–$120/hour (output-based)

Location: Global, Fully Remote

About the Opportunity

Contribute hardware engineering expertise to AI training projects focused on complex, real-world engineering challenges. Create rigorous technical problems, develop reproducible reference solutions, and validate results using engineering tools and sound technical reasoning. Experience working with coding agents is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Create technically rigorous hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios.
• Develop clear, reproducible reference solutions using calculations, simulations, scripts, or experimental reasoning.
• Validate results using appropriate engineering tools and software.
• Apply first-principles reasoning to practical engineering constraints.
• Design challenges that assess technical judgment, quantitative reasoning, and problem-solving.
• Ensure solutions can be independently verified.

Required Qualifications

• Significant professional or research experience in hardware engineering or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated ownership of substantial engineering projects, testing, validation, or failure analysis.
• Experience working with coding agents.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop accurate, well-documented, and reproducible engineering solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• Experience in product development, systems integration, reliability, testing, or validation.
• Experience taking hardware products or subsystems into production.
• Familiarity with tools such as Python, MATLAB, Simulink, SPICE, Julia, C/C++, or test automation platforms.

Compensation

• $60–$120/hour, with payment based on completed tasks that meet project specifications.
• Expected commitment: approximately 15 hours per week.
• Minimum task submission requirements apply.