Description review

Mechanical Engineering Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $90/hr

mercor · United States · back to the listing

HR standards

80/100

solid

Title ↔ description

72/100

solid

Reads as

Unclear

no confident match

What the listing never says

  • 18 bullet points. Long requirement lists deter qualified candidates, who read them as hard gates. Scope clarity

The listing, marked up

Nothing in the wording of this listing tripped a check. The scores above still judge how complete and coherent it is.

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Mechanical Engineer
Type:Contract
Compensation:$60–$90/hour
Location:Remote
Duration:2 to 3 months
Commitment:40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality of mechanical engineering tasks and model outputs. Identify incorrect assumptions, missing constraints, and unsafe design choices.

• Write clear instruction specs and produce reference solutions for mechanical engineering problems. Define tasks reflecting real-world engineering practices.

• Design challenging tasks and evaluation sets in areas like mechanical design and thermal systems. Collaborate with the research team to build domain-specific tools.

• Work with client researchers to maintain consistent standards. Translate engineering judgment into explicit, teachable criteria.

• Provide precise, well-structured written feedback to improve AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

• 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience in industry.

• Genuine ownership of real engineering work, such as designing components or systems.

• Fluency with engineering tools like SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, Creo, AutoCAD, ANSYS, Abaqus, or MATLAB.

• Familiarity with standards like ASME, ASTM, ISO, and GD&T per ASME Y14.5.

• Experience with large language models in professional work.

Compensation & Legal

• W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.

• Hourly contractor, Paid weekly.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume

• AI interview based on your resume

• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check:

• For any help or support, reach out to:

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Originally posted on Himalayas

How this was produced

Highlights are found by rule, not by a model: each one is a phrase matched at a known position, and every note is a template we wrote. The two scores come from a typed-decision model (Jev) that reads the listing against the official role definition and real listings for the same role, and returns probabilities rather than prose — it never writes any of the words on this page, and never chooses what to highlight.

Deterministic penalty applied to the HR score: 4 points (from 84 before penalties). Reviewed 21 Sep 2026.