Applied engineering jobs

Mechanical, civil, electrical and CFD engineers who validate technical content, author engineering problems or review CAD work for AI training. Degrees and hands-on practice matter more than software skills.

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Bash Team Lead

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

The Bash Team Lead oversees quality, consistency, and trainer performance across shell scripting AI training projects by reviewing code, providing feedback, and maintaining documentation. Candidates need a relevant degree and at least three years of professional experience with Bash, Linux systems, and automation.

  • LLM Evaluation
  • Code Review
  • Linux
  • +5

Posted 146 days ago$65/h

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers (Must own MacBook)

Mercor
Applied engineering
Remote
Contract

The engineer completes industrial and manufacturing workflows on a MacBook to help benchmark and improve artificial intelligence models. Candidates need a relevant engineering degree or postgraduate status, along with two to three years of professional experience.

Posted 21 days ago$50 to $60/h

Biomedical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

The Biomedical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead oversees AI training data, reviews technical content, and manages quality workflows. Candidates need a relevant degree and three years of professional biomedical engineering experience.

  • LLM Evaluation
  • Medical Devices
  • Engineering QA
  • +5

Posted 147 days ago$105/h

Civil Engineers & Architects (Must own MacBook)

Mercor
Applied engineering
Remote
Contract

Civil engineers and architects complete design and drafting workflows on their Mac to help evaluate and improve advanced AI models. Candidates need two to three years of professional experience or current postgraduate enrollment, plus proficiency in Mac-compatible design tools.

Posted 21 days ago$50 to $60/h

Civil Engineer Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

The Civil Engineering Quality Assurance Lead oversees technical accuracy, consistency, and workflows for civil engineering AI training projects. Candidates must hold a degree in civil engineering or a related field and possess at least three years of professional engineering experience.

  • Structural Analysis
  • LLM Evaluation
  • Engineering QA
  • +5

Posted 147 days ago$105/h

Mechanical & CAD Engineers (Must own MacBook)

Mercor
Applied engineering
Remote
Contract

Mechanical and CAD engineers complete and narrate real engineering design workflows on a MacBook to benchmark advanced AI models. Applicants need a Mac running macOS 15 or higher, a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and proficiency in Mac compatible CAD tools.

Posted 21 days ago$50 to $60/h

Chemical Engineer Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

The Chemical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead evaluates AI generated technical content, monitors contributor performance, and manages remote quality workflows. Candidates need a degree in chemical engineering, three years of professional experience, and strong English communication skills.

  • LLM Evaluation
  • Engineering QA
  • Chemical Engineering
  • +5

Posted 147 days ago$105/h

STEM Expert, Chemistry & Computational Chemistry (PhD)

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Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves designing and evaluating advanced chemistry and computational chemistry problems to train AI systems. Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant field and possess hands-on research experience alongside professional English proficiency.

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Structural Bioinformatics
  • Cheminformatics
  • +5

Posted 24 days ago$45 to $90/h

Electrical Engineer Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

The Electrical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead oversees quality, consistency, and trainer performance across electrical engineering AI training projects. The candidate must hold a degree in electrical engineering or a related field and possess at least three years of professional experience.

  • Power Systems
  • LLM Evaluation
  • Engineering QA
  • +5

Posted 147 days ago$105/h

STEM Expert, Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)

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Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor role involves designing and evaluating biology and bioinformatics workflows to train AI systems. Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant STEM field and possess hands-on data analysis experience using Python or R.

  • scientific software configuration
  • ai/ml-assisted chemistry workflows
  • quantitative analysis
  • +5

Posted 24 days ago$45 to $90/h

Mechanical Engineer Quality Assurance Lead (QAL)

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Contract

This remote role involves overseeing quality workflows, reviewing AI generated mechanical engineering content, and managing trainer performance for AI training projects. The position requires a degree in a relevant engineering field and at least three years of professional mechanical engineering experience.

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering Calculations
  • LLM Evaluation
  • +5

Posted 147 days ago$75/h

Electrical Engineer

Mercor
Applied engineering
Remote
United States only
Full time

The Electrical Engineer guides research teams, designs technical tasks, and evaluates AI model outputs for electrical engineering applications. Candidates need a degree in Electrical Engineering and over five years of professional industry experience.

Posted 24 days ago$80 to $120/h

Scala Engineer

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
Some countries only
Contract

The Scala Engineer reviews AI-generated code and system designs, assessing them for correctness, performance, and safety. The role requires a computer science degree or equivalent experience and at least four years of professional experience building production systems using Scala.

  • Code Review
  • Actors
  • Data Processing
  • +5

Posted 167 days ago$70/h

Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

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Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves designing expert-level scientific problems and evaluating AI model outputs in microbiome, clinical, and translational bioinformatics. Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant field and possess hands-on research experience.

  • computational chemistry
  • molecular simulations
  • python
  • +5

Posted 25 days ago$45 to $90/h

PHP Engineer

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
Some countries only
Contract

The PHP Engineer reviews and evaluates AI-generated PHP code, backend designs, and technical explanations for correctness, security, and performance. Candidates must have at least four years of professional experience developing production backend systems in PHP and expert-level proficiency in modern PHP.

  • Code Review
  • Database Optimization
  • Performance Optimization
  • +5

Posted 167 days ago$60/h

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)

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Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves designing and evaluating computational biology workflows to train and benchmark advanced AI systems. Candidates must hold a PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or a related field, and possess strong programming skills in Python or R.

  • computational chemistry
  • molecular simulations
  • python
  • +5

Posted 25 days ago$45 to $90/h

C++ Engineer

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
Some countries only
Contract

The C++ Engineer reviews, evaluates, and rates AI-generated code, technical explanations, and system designs to improve model performance and accuracy. Key requirements include a bachelor's degree in a technical field and at least four years of professional production software development experience in modern C++.

  • Code Review
  • Performance Optimization
  • C++ Programming
  • +5

Posted 167 days ago$65/h

Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology & Drug Discovery Scientist (PhD)

micro1
Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor position involves designing expert-level problems and evaluating AI model outputs in computational chemistry, structural biology, and drug discovery. The ideal candidate holds a PhD in a relevant scientific field and possesses hands-on research experience in an academic or industry laboratory.

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Structural Bioinformatics
  • Cheminformatics
  • +5

Posted 25 days ago$45 to $90/h

C Engineer

SME Careers
Applied engineering
Remote
Some countries only
Contract

As a C Engineer, you will review AI generated C code, low level systems designs, and technical explanations to assess accuracy, safety, and performance. Candidates must hold a bachelor degree in a technical field and possess at least four years of professional experience developing production software in C.

  • Code Review
  • Performance Optimization
  • C
  • +5

Posted 167 days ago$65/h

Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology

micro1
Applied engineering
Specialist
Remote
Contract

This remote contractor role involves designing expert level life sciences problems and evaluating AI model outputs for scientific accuracy. Applicants must hold a completed PhD in a relevant life science field and possess hands on research experience.

  • computational chemistry
  • molecular simulations
  • python
  • +5

Posted 25 days ago$45 to $90/h