Remote Hardware Expert for AI Training Problems

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

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.