Materials Science & Engineering Expert

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Create realistic technical challenges inspired by engineering tasks and professional situations.

• Generate prompts, specifications, constraints, and anticipated outputs.

• Design and assess tasks related to materials selection, properties, processing, performance, and characterisation.

• Formulate mechanical engineering challenges that encompass mechanical design, CFD, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, pressure vessels, NDE, and CAE.

• Construct electrical engineering problems that include analog electronics, RF systems, and power engineering.

• Establish structured data repositories containing essential technical information, specifications, calculations, references, and engineering evidence.

• Ensure consistency across prompts, technical data, and expected results.

• Create objective grading criteria for robust, incomplete, and incorrect solutions.

• Execute tasks using advanced AI models and evaluate their performance.

• Detect weaknesses in technical reasoning, unintended shortcuts, erroneous assumptions, calculations, interpretations, and design choices.

• Enhance tasks, evidence, specifications, and grading criteria to elevate difficulty and discriminatory value.

• Assess proposed engineering solutions for precision, thoroughness, and reasoning quality.

• Work collaboratively with project leads and other engineering specialists.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced professional expertise in materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related discipline.

• Relevant experience in materials science may involve metals, ceramics, composites, materials characterisation, or additive manufacturing.

• Applicable electrical engineering experience could include analog, RF, or power systems.

• Relevant mechanical engineering experience might cover mechanical design, CFD, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, pressure vessels, NDE, or CAE.

• Proven ability to convert real-world professional experiences into technically rigorous engineering problems.

• Comfortable navigating technically ambiguous or evolving project requirements.

• Capable of clearly articulating the rationale behind the correctness or incorrectness of an engineering solution.

• Strong analytical reasoning and technical writing abilities.

• Comfortable collaborating with project leads and other engineering domain specialists.

• Work must be accomplished without utilizing confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or third party.

• H1-B and STEM OPT support is not available for this engagement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Part-time independent contractor opportunity.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible scheduling tailored to project needs.

• Compensation ranging from $50 to $80 per hour.

• Daily onboarding sessions and multiple office hours available for project assistance.

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project demands and performance.