Remote Mechanical Modeling & Simulation Specialist

YO AI Labs; California (MO); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Expert to support an AI training project. You will tackle design, analysis, and simulation tasks for mechanical systems, review AI-generated solutions, and develop reproducible reference results. Proficiency with Python and multiple FEM tools is required.

The role is a contractor position, globally remote, with ~15 hours per week and flexible scheduling. Strong mathematical and problem-solving skills are essential for validating complex thermal and

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering or BS with 1–2+ years of relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Solve and validate mechanical engineering problems involving design, analysis, simulation, and testing.
• Translate engineering 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.
• Analyze stress, strain, displacement, temperature, deformation, frequency response, and safety factors.
• Diagnose geometry, mesh, convergence, boundary-condition, and modeling issues.
• Compare simulation results with calculations, experiments, and expected physical behavior.
• Review AI-generated engineering solutions and develop reproducible reference solutions.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Applied Mechanics

Engineering Design

Structural Analysis

Thermal Analysis

Computational Modeling

Python

CAD

Meshing

Simulation

Numerical Validation

Troubleshooting

Education

MS/PhD in Mechanical Engineering

BS in Mechanical Engineering + 1–2+ years experience

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. You will tackle design, analysis, and simulation tasks for mechanical systems, review AI-generated solutions, and develop reproducible reference results. Proficiency with Python and multiple FEM tools is required.

The role is a contractor position, globally remote, with ~15 hours per week and flexible scheduling. Strong mathematical and problem-solving skills are essential for validating complex thermal and