Senior Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Task Lead for AI

Gramian Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gramian Consultancy seeks a Senior / Technical Lead in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering to oversee a team of 5–10 technical trainers. You will review tasks for engineering accuracy and reproducibility, and ensure automated graders evaluate meaningful outcomes in FEA, CFD, thermodynamics, and dynamics.

The role demands strong Python/C/C++/Fortran/MATLAB scripting, Linux proficiency, and deep expertise in mechanical/aerospace engineering workflows.

Qualifications

• PhD, postdoctoral experience in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C/C++, Fortran, Julia, or MATLAB/Octave.
• Proficiency in Linux and command-line environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 5–10 technical trainers, ensuring consistent task quality and timely delivery.
• Review engineering tasks end to end, including problem statements, geometry/mesh files, simulation inputs, material properties, reference solutions, and automated tests.
• Validate tasks involving FEA, CFD, thermodynamics, heat transfer, dynamics, robotics, flight simulation, propulsion, and orbital mechanics.
• Ensure tasks reflect realistic engineering workflows and require meaningful, multi-step technical reasoning.
• Verify engineering correctness across units, conservation laws, boundary conditions, mesh convergence, solver tolerances, reference frames, and numerical stability.
• Validate computational environments, simulation tools, solvers, and dependencies for reproducible results.
• Review automated graders to ensure meaningful engineering outputs like stresses, deflections, frequencies, aerodynamic coefficients, thermal performance, orbital parameters, and safety margins.
• Identify inaccuracies, unrealistic assumptions, incorrect tolerances, and opportunities to bypass genuine calculations.
• Provide actionable technical feedback, track revisions, and ensure quality issues are resolved before task approval.
• Onboard trainers, allocate work, monitor quality, and maintain documentation and best practices.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Fortran

Julia

MATLAB/Octave

Linux

GNC

FEA

CFD

Flight simulation

Education

PhD or postdoctoral experience

Job description

Gramian Consultancy seeks a Senior / Technical Lead in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering to oversee a team of 5–10 technical trainers. You will review tasks for engineering accuracy and reproducibility, and ensure automated graders evaluate meaningful outcomes in FEA, CFD, thermodynamics, and dynamics.

The role demands strong Python/C/C++/Fortran/MATLAB scripting, Linux proficiency, and deep expertise in mechanical/aerospace engineering workflows.