Hardware Engineer (MSc or PhD)

Quick Facts

• Role: Hardware Engineer (MSc or PhD)

• Type: Contractor (~15 hours/week)

• Location: Fully remote (global)

• Schedule: Flexible; choose hours/days (weekends optional)

• Pay: $60–$120/hour; output-based compensation paid per completed task

Description

Contribute experienced hardware engineering expertise to AI training projects built around complex, real-world engineering problems. Create, solve, and evaluate self-contained hardware engineering challenges, along with clear reference solutions that can be independently verified. Validate work with appropriate engineering tools and reproducible methods when relevant.

Responsibilities

• Create technically rigorous, self-contained hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios

• Develop clear reference solutions using engineering calculations, simulations, scripts, or other suitable methods

• Use tools such as Python, MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE, Julia, C/C++, and test automation platforms (or equivalent) to validate results

Requirements

• MSc or PhD degree in a relevant engineering/physics field

• Significant experience in hardware engineering, product development, systems integration, testing/validation, reliability, or failure analysis

• Evidence of owning a substantial engineering problem (production subsystem/product, model validated against physical testing, test system developed, or difficult failure diagnosed)

• Experience working with Coding Agents is required

Benefits

• Flexible schedule and fully remote work

• Contractor engagement with output-based, task-based compensation

• Opportunity to contribute to AI training grounded in real engineering challenges