Computational Structural, Mechanical Engineering Expert
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Computational engineering expert designing research-level scientific problems and validators. Benchmarking frontier AI systems using simulation, mechanics, CFD, and other engineering software.
Responsibilities:
- Create challenging computational scientific and engineering problems for benchmarking advanced AI systems
- Design graduate-level problems based on real scientific workflows
- Develop problems requiring specialized scientific software, simulations, result interpretation, experiment design, and data analysis
- Create exact-answer computational tasks and strategic query/experiment tasks that uncover hidden information
- Test each problem against state-of-the-art AI models
- Refine problem designs until they reach the target difficulty
- Write problem setups, oracle functions, and solution validators
- Design problems emphasizing reasoning, careful analysis, and non-obvious solutions
- Work independently and incorporate feedback into problem designs
Requirements:
- Graduate-level training in a relevant STEM field (MS, PhD, or equivalent research experience)
- Proven proficiency with at least one listed scientific software library, demonstrated through research publications, open-source contributions, or professional work
- Strong Python skills
- Ability to work independently and refine problem designs based on feedback
- Comfortable working in a Linux/terminal environment with remote compute sandboxes
- Available for at least 15–20 hours per week
- Hands-on experience with open-source, domain-specific computational tools
- Experience solving actual research problems with scientific software
- Understanding of software limitations, edge cases, and sources of genuine problem difficulty
- H1-B and STEM OPT candidates are not supported
- Nice to have: experience across multiple listed domains or tools
- Nice to have: familiarity with benchmark or evaluation design
- Nice to have: background in scientific teaching or exam/problem-set design
- Nice to have: experience with computational reproducibility and containerized environments
Benefits:
- Fully remote role
- Flexible schedule / can be completed on your own schedule
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Competitive pay
- Collaboration with leading researchers
- Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance
- Reasonable accommodations upon request
- Up to $400 for each successful referral
- No limit on referrals
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