[Hiring] Mechanical Engineer - Structural Specialist - AI Trainer @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Mechanical Engineering Experts

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100–$120/hour

Location: Remote

• Apply hands-on mechanical engineering expertise to complex tasks involving real physical systems and products.
• Review and evaluate mechanical designs, engineering analyses, simulation results, and troubleshooting approaches.
• Analyse engineering trade-offs involving:
  • structures
  • materials
  • thermal performance
  • mechanical design
  • dynamics
  • vibration
  • controls
  • reliability
  • manufacturability
• Assess the technical correctness and feasibility of engineering solutions for real-world problems.
• Identify incorrect assumptions, design deficiencies, failure modes, and potential implementation risks.
• Develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, and supporting documentation.
• Draw on practical experience with:
  • design
  • simulation
  • prototyping
  • hardware integration
  • test
  • validation
  • qualification
  • debugging
  • manufacturing
• Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real-world engineering experience and established principles.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
  • 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience, including at least 3 years of recent hands-on experience in hardware development, analysis, testing, validation, integration, or troubleshooting.
  • Experience as the responsible engineer for real hardware or physical systems, owning portions of the engineering lifecycle.
  • Deep technical expertise in at least one core domain:
    • structural/stress analysis and FEA
    • thermal analysis
    • mechanical design
    • dynamics and controls
  • Strong command of:
    • materials
    • loads and boundary conditions
    • structural margins
    • fatigue
    • thermal constraints
    • tolerances/GD&T
    • component selection
    • reliability
    • manufacturability
    • system integration
    • failure-mode analysis
  • Extensive hands-on experience analyzing, testing, debugging, and validating physical hardware using relevant tools such as:
    • CAD/CAE
    • FEA
    • CFD/thermal simulation
    • test instrumentation
  • Proven experience developing hardware in real-world product or manufacturing environments.
• Preferred:
  • Experience working for a company that designs, builds, tests, and manufactures physical hardware products or systems.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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