Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing

AuraOne, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing for a remote review contractor role. You will evaluate AI-produced CAD outputs for craft, constraints, and tooling adherence, and document corrected approaches to train the modeling team.

The role emphasizes grading production-readiness, flagging tooling issues, and maintaining rubric scores across batches, with about 10 hours per week available.

Qualifications

• Portfolio or production experience in CAD design for Mechanical Design Engineer.
• Hands-on familiarity with standard tooling for the discipline.
• Ability to apply multi-page rubrics consistently.
• Clear written reasoning naming craft issues and standards.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against CAD craft and tooling standards.
• Grade composition, constraints, and production-readiness.
• Flag tooling-specific failures with severity tags.
• Capture corrected approaches for training.
• Adjudicate disputed judgments against references.

Skills

CAD design experience

Tooling familiarity

Rubric-based review

Clear written reasoning

Async availability

Tools

CAD tools

Job description

Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across cad design workflows. Reviewers grade craft, constraints, and tooling adherence; flag production-readiness issues; and document the corrected approach so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

CAD design AI is only useful if a working professional would actually ship the output. AuraOne uses portfolio-credentialed reviewers to grade outputs the way a senior creative would — with craft, constraints, and tooling all in scope.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current cad design craft and tooling standards for Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing assignments.
• Grade composition, constraint adherence, and production-readiness on a structured rubric.
• Flag tooling-specific failures (file format, scale, naming, layer hygiene) with severity tags.
• Capture the corrected approach or reference so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed creative judgments against published references or firm style guides.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Portfolio or production experience in cad design or an adjacent creative discipline for Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing work.
• Hands-on familiarity with the standard tooling for the discipline.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that names the craft issue and the standard being applied.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Grade a model's cad design output against the brief and rate craft, constraints, and production-readiness.
• Flag a tooling-specific failure (incorrect file format, unsupported feature, naming convention) with severity.
• Adjudicate a disputed creative judgment between two reviewers using a firm style guide.
• Audit a 25-asset batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• Studio, agency, or in-house team experience shipping production work.
• Prior experience reviewing AI-assisted creative tooling and its failure modes.
• Familiarity with AAA or feature-grade pipelines and asset standards.

Skills

• Creative review
• Production-grade craft
• Tooling fluency
• Asset evaluation
• CAD design
• Design

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.

Portfolio or production experience in cad design or an adjacent creative discipline for Mechanical Design Engineer - CAD & Manufacturing work. Hands-on familiarity with the standard tooling for the discipline. Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches. Clear written reasoning that names the craft issue and the standard being applied. Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.