Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector

AuraOne; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly pay

Job summary

AuraOne seeks a Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector for a remote contractor role. You will review AI outputs across metallurgist workflows, grade tone and policy adherence, and document next steps to guide the modeling team.

This US-eligible contractor position requires reliable availability and sharp attention to detail to flag risks and ensure compliance with workflows and firm guidance.

Qualifications

• Direct working experience in senior metallurgist / welding inspector operations on real teams.
• Ability to apply multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that names the policy or workflow being applied.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to flag when a prompt itself is the problem.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current senior metallurgist / welding inspector specialist operations workflows, playbooks, and firm policy for Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector assignments.
• Grade tone, escalation logic, and stakeholder fit on a structured rubric.
• Flag operational risk, missed escalations, and policy-adherence gaps with severity tags.
• Capture the right next step so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed treatments against published playbooks or firm guidance.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Skills

Direct experience

Rubrics familiarity

Written reasoning

Attention to detail

Async availability

Job description

Category: Enterprise Workflow & Tool Use · Pay: $85 / hr · Location: Remote — US-eligible · Contractor

Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector is a remote review track for evaluating AI outputs across senior metallurgist / welding inspector specialist operations workflows. Reviewers grade workflow correctness, policy adherence, and stakeholder fit; flag operational risk; and document the right next step so the modeling team can train on it.

Why this role matters

Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector specialist operations AI has to fit into an actual day at work. AuraOne uses experienced operators to grade outputs the way a senior peer would — checking workflow, policy, and the unwritten rules that decide whether a task actually gets done.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current senior metallurgist / welding inspector specialist operations workflows, playbooks, and firm policy for Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector assignments.
• Grade tone, escalation logic, and stakeholder fit on a structured rubric.
• Flag operational risk, missed escalations, and policy-adherence gaps with severity tags.
• Capture the right next step so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed treatments against published playbooks or firm guidance.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Direct working experience in senior metallurgist / welding inspector specialist operations on real teams for Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector work.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that names the policy or workflow being applied.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to flag when a prompt itself is the problem.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Grade a model's response to a real senior metallurgist / welding inspector specialist operations ticket and rate workflow, tone, and escalation.
• Flag a missed escalation with the right severity tag and corrected next step.
• Adjudicate a disputed playbook call between two reviewers using firm guidance.
• Audit a 25-row batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• Prior experience training, calibrating, or QA-ing operations teams.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflow tooling and its failure modes.
• Bilingual experience for cross-region operations.

Skills

• Operational review
• Policy adherence
• Workflow judgment
• Stakeholder communication
• Senior Metallurgist / Welding Inspector specialist operations

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.