Job Title:
Remote Engineering Assessment Specialist - AI Trainer ($35-$75 per hour)
Company: Mercor
Location: Murrieta, CA
Created: 2026-05-09
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Role Overview We are seeking expert engineers to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core engineering domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities. You will be assigned one of two task types: Question Authoring "” Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of engineering expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review. Question Verification "” Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made. Engineering Domains Covered: Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Electrical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering Civil Engineering Miscellaneous Engineering Key Responsibilities Author original engineering questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall. Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined "” all necessary information must be in the problem statement. Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above). Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers. Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise intermediate steps in markdown format. Supply 1-5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, university repositories). For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made. Ideal Qualifications PhD or doctoral candidate in Engineering or a closely related field. Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain. Strong command of graduate-level engineering principles, applied mathematics, and domain-specific standards. Professional engineering licensure (PE) or industry experience is a strong plus. Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely. More About the Opportunity Expected commitment: 10+ hours / week. Asynchronous, fully remote work. #J-18808-Ljbffr