Remote CAD Engineer & AI Problem Designer

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, is seeking a CAD / Mechanical Design Writer for Engineering FRQ on a remote contract basis. The role involves authoring original free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios and delivering expert-level solutions.

You will collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data and model performance. Must have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Design, plus 5+ years in production design, with

Qualifications

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Design.
• 5+ years of hands-on professional/industry experience in production design roles.
• Experience owning designs through GD&T, tolerance stacks, DFM, and drawing release.

Responsibilities

• Author original, free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios.
• Write complete expert-level solutions for each problem.
• Validate difficulty by running problems against three frontier language models until at least one fails.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Design

Tools

CSWP/CSWE certification

Job description

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, is seeking a CAD / Mechanical Design Writer for Engineering FRQ on a remote contract basis. The role involves authoring original free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios and delivering expert-level solutions.

You will collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data and model performance. Must have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Design, plus 5+ years in production design, with