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Engineering PhD
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote
Experience
3 years
Job description
Short-term pilot (approximately 2–3 weeks) for PhDs or PhD candidates in engineering to build technical problems from real engineering workflows, provide correct solutions, and define objective correctness criteria.
At a glance
- Employment
- Temporary · Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote
- Pay
- USD 80 – 95 / hour
What you'll do
- Design technical problems drawn from real engineering work in your field, with realistic constraints and supporting data.
- Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
- Define objective criteria for correctness, so another engineer reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
- Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
- Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.
What we're looking for
- PhD, or PhD candidate, in electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, or aerospace engineering.
- Hands-on research or practice experience — problems you worked on yourself, not ones you read about.
- Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another engineer could verify it.
Nice to have
- Degree from a strong research institution is preferred.
- Publications or a record of technical contribution is a plus.
- AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.
How to get hired
- 1Apply and complete the screening questions
- 2Complete the AI interview for this role — it's how your expertise gets in front of the client
- 3Profile review
- 4Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up
Apply
About micro1
Key facts
- Typically fills roles within 48 hours
- Looking for experts who are ready to begin immediately
- If selected, expected to start first task within 24–48 hours of completing onboarding