Senior Electrical Engineering Consultant

Aligned Labs Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 331,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid consulting work

Fully remote

Job summary

Aligned Labs Inc. is seeking 25 Senior Electrical Engineering Experts for part-time, fully-remote consulting work to tackle frontier AI research challenges.

The role focuses on designing complex EE problems and evaluating AI models, with each expert setting their own rates and selecting high-impact projects.

Ideal candidates are senior engineers with a PhD and a track record of research or advanced engineering at leading institutions.

Qualifications

• Fluent reading and writing in English.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
• 5+ years of post‑graduate research or applied electrical engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design expert-level electrical engineering problems that advanced AI models struggle with.
• Evaluate and pressure-test leading AI models in electrical engineering domains.

Skills

Fluent English

Senior Electrical Engineer

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Aligned is hiring 25 Senior Electrical Engineering Experts for part-time, fully-remote consulting work. Responsibilities include designing complex EE problems and evaluating frontier AI models, supporting AI research labs.

About the Role

Aligned is expanding its team by hiring 25 Senior Electrical Engineering Experts for part-time, fully-remote work. This role is crucial for supporting frontier AI research.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing expert-level electrical engineering problems that current leading AI models struggle with.
• Evaluating and pressure-testing leading AI models in electrical engineering domains.

Note: This is not tutoring, teaching, or generic annotation work.

About Aligned

Aligned partners with leading AI labs to advance AI knowledge across various fields, including STEM, medicine, law, and finance. Our platform connects subject-matter experts with paid consulting work on frontier AI projects.

Key aspects of working with Aligned:

• Experts set their own rates.
• Exclusive matching to high-impact, top-paying projects in the industry.
• Focus on expert-level consulting, distinct from low-skill freelance work.

Learn more about Aligned: https://alignedhq.ai/for-experts

Who We're Looking For

We are seeking senior electrical engineers with extensive experience in solving complex, research-grade problems within world‑class institutions.

Ideal backgrounds include:

• Faculty and researchers at leading EE/ECE/EECS departments (e.g., MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Georgia Tech).
• Scientists at national laboratories and government research institutions (e.g., Sandia, NIST, Lincoln Lab, AFRL).
• Researchers at industrial research labs (e.g., Bell Labs, IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Intel Labs).
• Engineers at leading semiconductor and IC companies (e.g., Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Broadcom, TSMC).
• Principal engineers at defense and aerospace contractors (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman).
• Senior engineers at communications and networking leaders (e.g., Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco).
• technical leaders at deep‑tech hardwares

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluent English reading and writing skills.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years of post‑graduate research or applied electrical engineering experience.
• A proven track record at institutions recognized as leaders in your field.