Lead Mfg & Industrial Engineering Problem Designer (Remote)

Remotebridge; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Remotebridge is seeking a Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Expert for remote, contractor work. You will design challenging technical problems in manufacturing domains, provide correct analyses, and set objective criteria for judging solutions.

Candidates should have advanced degrees and principal-level industry or academic leadership experience. The role emphasizes deep domain depth, the ability to justify conclusions clearly to peers, and willingness to review others' problems for

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in manufacturing, industrial, or mechanical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Principal, staff, or fellow-level experience at a major manufacturing organization, or a faculty appointment at a leading university.
• Deep technical depth in at least one subdomain, with hands-on ownership of the work.
• Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough for another engineer to verify.
• Publications, patents, or a record of technical leadership is a strong plus.
• AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Design difficult technical problems from your own area - process design, production systems, quality engineering, automation, supply chain and operations modeling - with realistic constraints and supporting data.
• Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
• Define objective criteria for correctness, so another expert reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
• Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
• Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.

Skills

Deep technical depth

Clear explanation

AI/LLM evaluation experience

Education

Master's or PhD in manufacturing, industrial, or mechanical engineering

Job description

Remotebridge is seeking a Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Expert for remote, contractor work. You will design challenging technical problems in manufacturing domains, provide correct analyses, and set objective criteria for judging solutions.

Candidates should have advanced degrees and principal-level industry or academic leadership experience. The role emphasizes deep domain depth, the ability to justify conclusions clearly to peers, and willingness to review others' problems for