Mechanical Engineering AI Training Expert

OpenTrain AI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

OpenTrain AI, Inc. is offering an entry-level, part-time contractor role focused on mechanical engineering tasks for AI training. The work spans engineering design, physical modeling, simulation, and coding-agent workflows across structural, thermal, mechanical, and multiphysics problems.

You will translate requirements into models, build and modify geometries, run simulations, and validate results, applying engineering judgment to ensure accuracy and alignment with project specifications.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
• Strong analytical/ computational problem-solving background.
• Experience developing engineering solutions for mechanical problems.
• Practical proficiency with coding agents and Python for problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Create, solve, review, and validate mechanical engineering tasks for AI training.
• Translate physical requirements into analytical or computational models.
• Create or modify geometry and meshes; define materials, loads, BCs, and solver inputs.
• Run simulations and evaluate resulting artifacts and analyses.
• Review solutions for technical accuracy against engineering requirements.

Skills

Mechanical fundamentals

Analytical skills

Coding agents

Fluent English

Education

MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

The Work

You will create, solve, review, and validate mechanical engineering tasks used to train AI systems. The work covers engineering design, physical modeling, simulation, technical problem-solving, Python, and coding-agent workflows across structural, thermal, mechanical, and multiphysics problems.

You will use engineering judgment to assess whether computational artifacts and analyses meet physical and design requirements. This includes building models, running simulations, solving engineering problems, and checking solutions for technical accuracy.

• Translate physical systems and engineering requirements into analytical or computational models.
• Create or modify geometry and meshes.
• Define materials, loads, contacts, boundary conditions, constraints, and solver inputs.
• Run simulations and evaluate the resulting artifacts and analyses.
• Solve and validate problems involving mechanical design, analysis, simulation, testing, and research and development.
• Create technically rigorous task content and review solutions against engineering requirements.

What It Pays and Takes

This is an entry-level, part-time contractor role for candidates with strong mechanical engineering or applied mechanics skills. The work requires technical judgment across structural, thermal, mechanical, and multiphysics problems.

• $60 to $120 per hour equivalent, paid per task that meets the project specifications.
• Remote work with flexible scheduling of approximately 15 hours per week.
• Open to candidates in the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Oman, Peru, the Philippines, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Taiwan, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and South Africa.
• Fluent English.
• An MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline, or strong applied-mechanics and mechanical-engineering fundamentals.
• Experience developing analytical, computational, or simulation-based engineering solutions.
• Practical proficiency with coding agents.
• Working knowledge of Python for engineering problem-solving.

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human work behind AI systems. Contributors create, review, and evaluate examples so models can handle real tasks, and experienced engineers are needed when the work depends on specialized technical judgment.