Mercor
Mercor
51 – 200 Employees
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Materials Engineering Specialist (Remote, United States)

Apply materials science or engineering expertise to create realistic, measurable tasks for Mercor’s frontier AI systems. Evaluate model performance, diagnose errors, and improve domain-specific assessments with other technical specialists.

Description

  • Create realistic materials science or engineering tasks grounded in professional practice
  • Develop data rooms and scoring criteria that support objective evaluation
  • Test tasks with AI models, assess strengths and failures, and refine task effectiveness
  • Work with project leads and fellow specialists to establish quality standards
  • Use subject-matter expertise to train and improve frontier AI systems

Requirements

  • Advanced expertise in materials science—such as metals, ceramics, composites, characterization, or additive manufacturing—or in electrical engineering—such as analog, RF, or power—or mechanical engineering—such as design, CFD and fluids, heat transfer, pressure vessels, NDE, or CAE
  • Comfort working through ambiguous problems
  • Able to explain the reasoning behind an incorrect answer, not merely select the correct one
  • Available to work as an independent contractor
  • Applicants must not hold H-1B or STEM OPT status because Mercor cannot support those classifications
  • Work must not require access to confidential or proprietary information belonging to an employer, client, or institution

Benefits

  • Work fully remotely
  • Set a flexible personal schedule
  • Attend daily onboarding sessions
  • Access multiple office-hour sessions each day
  • Receive weekly payments through Stripe or Wise for services provided
  • Projects may be extended, reduced, or ended early based on business needs and performance
  • Earn up to $360 per successful referral, subject to applicable limits
  • Reasonable accommodations available upon request

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