Electrical Engineer AI Trainer

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: Energy and Power Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $82$90/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author review and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on energy and power systems problems.
• Produce original problem sets grounded in one-line diagrams load curves generation profiles and power electronics schematics.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure accuracy and depth.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD in Power Systems Electrical Engineering or Energy Engineering or MS with 3 years of utility grid or power electronics experience or BS in EE or Energy Engineering with 5 years of applied power systems renewables or generation experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: power flow machines and drives renewables integration grid operations or power electronics.
• Comfortable reading single-line diagrams PQ/VI curves and generation/load profiles.

Preferred

• Utility ISO/RTO or renewables industry experience.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

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

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