Mechanical Engineer & Python Expert - Freelance AI Trainer
About The Position
Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focusing on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. This opportunity involves designing original computational engineering problems that simulate real engineering workflows, creating problems requiring Python programming for engineering calculations and simulations, ensuring problems are computationally intensive, developing problems involving system design, optimization, and analysis, basing problems on real research challenges or practical applications, verifying solutions using Python with standard engineering libraries, and clearly documenting problem statements with verified correct answers. Participation is project-based and not permanent employment.
Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related fields
- Python proficiency for numerical validation. MATLAB, R, C, SQL, Numpy, Pandas, SciPy, domain-specific libraries, Stata or knowledge of any programming language can be equivalent
- 2+ years of professional experience: applied, research, or teaching experience is applicable
- Understanding of practical engineering constraints and approximations
- Strong written English (C1+)
Nice To Haves
- Professional certifications (e.g., CMME, SAS Certifications, CAP)
- Experience in international or applied projects
Responsibilities
- Design original computational engineering problems that simulate real engineering workflows
- Create problems requiring Python programming to solve engineering calculations and simulations
- Ensure problems are computationally intensive and require numerical methods or iterative solutions
- Develop problems involving system design, optimization, and analysis
- Base problems on real research challenges or practical applications from engineering practice
- Verify solutions using Python with standard engineering libraries
- Document problem statements clearly and provide verified correct answers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
