CAD Design Engineer AI Evaluation

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: CAD / PCB / 3D Design Engineer AI Evaluation
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60$100/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design realistic engineering problems with prompts input files and graders to evaluate AI models.
• Develop tasks using SolidWorks AutoCAD FreeCAD and code-based CAD tools like build123d and CadQuery.
• Run tasks against frontier models refine them for fairness and difficulty and document synthetic data rationale.
• Collaborate with AI coding agents and manage version control with Git.
• Attend onboarding and calibration sessions to align with project goals.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3 years of hands-on design experience in Mechanical CAD Electronics/PCB or 3D/Spatial-Temporal.
• Professional experience with SolidWorks AutoCAD FreeCAD or comparable CAD tools.
• Proficiency in Python command line and Git.
• Portfolio of design work (link required).
• Ability to assess design correctness beyond appearance.

Preferred

• Experience with Siemens NX CATIA build123d CadQuery FreeCAD Python NX Open KiCad scripting or Blenders Python API.
• FEA CFD circuit or EM simulation experience.
• Degree in Mechanical Electrical Aerospace Robotics Computer Graphics or related fields.
• Experience with AI training benchmarking or evaluation.

Start Date

• Immediate start; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

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

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