Multilingual Transportation Expert

1. Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab on a large-scale AI training initiative focused on improving transportation systems reasoning infrastructure analysis and logistics planning capabilities in advanced language models. Were seeking experienced Transportation professionals to contribute by creating and evaluating transportation-related prompts and responses.

This is a multilingual opportunity. We are specifically seeking experts who are fluent and professionally active in one or more of the following languages:

Japanese Chinese Korean Spanish Russian German Arabic Thai Tamil or Hindi.

Importantly we are not looking for translation ability alone. Candidates must have real-world professional experience working in transportation within their linguistic and cultural context including familiarity with local transit systems regulatory frameworks infrastructure standards safety protocols and operational norms.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Author realistic transportation prompts spanning urban transit planning traffic engineering rail and aviation systems maritime logistics supply chain coordination and infrastructure development

• Review and revise AI-generated responses for technical accuracy feasibility regulatory alignment and clarity

• Write high-quality human-authored gold responses for complex transportation planning or operational scenarios

• Create controlled prompt variations that test subtle differences in regulatory environments geographic constraints demand patterns safety requirements or system design assumptions

• Evaluate outputs across different tones (technical policy-oriented operational explanatory) and instruction constraints

• Identify model failure cases involving unrealistic system design regulatory misinterpretation flawed logistical reasoning or safety oversights

3. Ideal Qualifications

• Degree in Transportation Engineering Civil Engineering Urban Planning Logistics Supply Chain Management or a closely related field (or equivalent professional experience)

• 2 years of professional work experience in transportation planning infrastructure development logistics operations traffic engineering transit systems or a related domain

• Active professional familiarity with transportation systems in at least one of the following languages: Japanese Chinese Korean Spanish Russian German Arabic Thai Tamil or Hindi

• Strong understanding of local infrastructure standards safety regulations and operational practices within your linguistic and cultural context

• Excellent analytical and written communication skills in the target language

• Ability to exercise careful systems-oriented editorial judgment

4. More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 1040 hours per week

5. Application Process

• Submit your resume to get started

• Complete a short form outlining your transportation background areas of specialization and language proficiency

• We aim to follow up within a few days with next steps

6. About Mercor

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Our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Adam DAngelo and Jack Dorsey.

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