Senior Mechanical Engineer – AI Benchmark Problems & Solutions

Mercor; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a senior mechanical engineering expert to design a benchmark of challenging real-world industry problems. You will author original, free-response questions and provide fully developed expert solutions.

You will validate difficulty by running prompts against frontier language models to ensure at least one model fails. A PhD and 8+ years of hands-on design, analysis, or R&D are required, with preference for candidates from blue-chip employers.

Qualifications

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering required.
• 8+ years of hands-on design, analysis or R&D experience.

Responsibilities

• Author original, free-response mechanical engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios.
• Write a complete expert-level solution for each problem.
• Validate difficulty by running problems against frontier language models until at least one model fails.

Skills

Advanced mechanical design

Engineering analysis

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Mercor is seeking a senior mechanical engineering expert to design a benchmark of challenging real-world industry problems. You will author original, free-response questions and provide fully developed expert solutions.

You will validate difficulty by running prompts against frontier language models to ensure at least one model fails. A PhD and 8+ years of hands-on design, analysis, or R&D are required, with preference for candidates from blue-chip employers.