Mechanical / Industrial Engineering Expert

What you’ll do

Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in mechanical engineering. As a Mechanical / Industrial Engineering Expert, you’ll build long-horizon engineering tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls.

Expect to build scenarios across:

• Design review: drawings and GD&T checked against a defect list, CAD models against specified dimensions
• Analysis: tolerance stack-ups with computable results, DFM/DFA reviews against a defined checklist
• Change management: ECOs with required fields, BOMs matching a target structure

These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus.

Who we’re looking for

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering; 3+ years in design, manufacturing engineering, or product development
• Expertise in one or more of the following: a CAD system (SolidWorks, Creo, NX, CATIA, Fusion 360), GD&T, a PLM system (Arena, Teamcenter, Windchill), a specific manufacturing process (machining, injection, sheet metal, additive)
• Comfortable reading and producing mechanical artifacts: 2D drawings, BOMs, tolerance analyses, ECOs, DFM reviews
• Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics

Compensation

$75–$100/hr depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.