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Structural Engineering Specialist Fully Remote

Mercor

Job Location:

Berlin - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 14 August 2026 (10 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 11 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the job

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 DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Computational Structural & Mechanical Engineering Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70$85/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 1520 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Design challenging computational problems to test AI capabilities in solving scientific and engineering tasks.
Develop problems requiring skilled use of open-source domain-specific computational tools like FEniCSx/DOLFINx OpenFOAM and others.
Evaluate AI models by testing them against state-of-the-art benchmarks and refine problems to achieve the desired difficulty.
Collaborate with AI research teams to improve problem designs and ensure they test strategic reasoning and problem-solving.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines and refine problem designs based on feedback.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Graduate-level training in a relevant STEM field (MS PhD or equivalent research experience).
Proven proficiency with at least one of the listed scientific software libraries through research publications open-source contributions or professional work.
Strong Python skills for writing problem setups oracle functions and solution validators.
Ability to work independently and refine problem designs based on feedback.
Comfortable working in a Linux/terminal environment with remote compute sandboxes.

Preferred