Remote Mechanical Modeling & Simulation Expert - Contractor

YO AI Labs; Miami (FL); Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Expert to support an AI training project with focus on design, modeling, and simulations. You will solve mechanical problems, validate results, and translate engineering requirements into computational models using Python and standard CFD/FEA tools.

Experience in Computational Modeling, CAD/meshing, and material selection is essential. This is a fully remote contractor role with flexible tasks and ~15 hours per week.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD or BS with 1–2+ years of mechanical engineering experience and strong fundamentals.
• Strong experience in simulation, validation, and numerical analysis.
• Proficiency in Python and programmatic engineering tools.
• Ability to select materials, loads, boundary conditions, and model fidelity.
• Ability to justify engineering decisions and trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Solve and validate mechanical engineering problems involving design, analysis, simulation, and testing.
• Translate requirements into analytical and computational models.
• Create and modify geometry, meshes, materials, loads, constraints, and solver inputs.
• Perform structural, thermal, dynamic, fatigue, buckling, and vibration analyses.
• Use Python to automate simulations, parameter sweeps, optimization, and post-processing.
• Review AI-generated engineering solutions and develop reference solutions.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Applied Mechanics

Engineering Design

Structural Analysis

Thermal Analysis

Computational Modeling

Python

CAD & Meshing

Numerical Validation

Troubleshooting

Technical Problem-Solving

Education

MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering

BS in Mechanical Engineering +1–2+ years

Tools

CalculiX

Gmsh

Elmer

FEniCSx

CadQuery

OpenSCAD

OpenFOAM

NumPy

SciPy

SymPy

pandas

Matplotlib

Jupyter

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Expert to support an AI training project with focus on design, modeling, and simulations. You will solve mechanical problems, validate results, and translate engineering requirements into computational models using Python and standard CFD/FEA tools.

Experience in Computational Modeling, CAD/meshing, and material selection is essential. This is a fully remote contractor role with flexible tasks and ~15 hours per week.