Open AI training and model evaluation roles that call for Mechanical Engineering expertise, gathered from 6 platforms. Part of Engineering.
Pay figures cover the 27 open jobs that publish an hourly rate in USD. They are published rates, not a guarantee of income. Last checked on October 8, 2026.
This remote contract role asks mechanical engineers to build and check hard engineering problems that test how AI models reason about physical systems. The work includes writing reference solutions and reviewing AI-generated engineering outputs for accuracy and physical validity. It suits engineers with a graduate degree and solid technical expertise who can explain their reasoning clearly in writing.
This remote freelance role asks mechanical engineers to help train and evaluate AI models on complex engineering problems. Contributors design multi-domain challenges, write reference solutions, and check AI reasoning for accuracy, safety, and compliance with engineering standards. It suits engineers with a graduate degree who want to apply their expertise to AI development, and no prior AI experience is required.
This role involves creating challenging engineering problems and solutions that test AI model capabilities in mechanical reasoning and design. You'll write problems from your specialty, solve them yourself, verify the answers, and evaluate how well AI systems perform on real engineering tasks like component sizing, failure analysis, and design validation.
This role involves creating rigorous mechanical engineering problems and solutions to train AI models to reason like practicing engineers. You will write verifiable problems from your specialty, derive correct answers, test them against AI systems, and review AI-generated engineering work for real-world applicability.
A mechanical designer writes rigorous engineering problems and solutions to train AI models to reason like practicing engineers. You'll create challenging, closed-ended technical problems from your specialty, verify correct answers, test them against AI systems, and review AI-generated engineering work for real-world applicability.
A mechanical engineer will create challenging, closed-ended engineering problems based on their specialty, derive correct solutions, and evaluate how well AI models perform on real-world engineering tasks. The role involves writing problems that test genuine engineering reasoning, component sizing, failure analysis, CAD interpretation, design impact prediction, and assessing AI-generated analysis and designs for correctness and practical applicability.
A Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will create rigorous engineering problems and solutions to evaluate and improve AI model reasoning across mechanical specialties. You will write closed-ended technical challenges from your expertise, derive correct answers, test them against AI systems, and review AI-generated engineering work for real-world accuracy and applicability.
A Validation Engineer writes challenging mechanical engineering problems from their specialty, solves them, and evaluates how well AI systems perform on real engineering reasoning tasks. The role focuses on creating benchmarks that measure whether AI can do actual engineering work like component sizing, failure mode identification, and design change prediction.
This role involves training and evaluating AI agents on fluid simulation tasks by setting up CFD simulations, creating reference solutions, and validating agent outputs. It is designed for experienced mechanical or aerospace engineers with strong computational fluid dynamics expertise.
Posted October 6, 2026
This role involves training and evaluating AI agents that perform mechanical engineering tasks within a CAD environment. You will design part geometry, create reference solutions, and assess how well the AI completes complex engineering work that would normally take an expert many hours.
Posted October 5, 2026
This freelance role involves training and evaluating AI agents to perform complex CAD design tasks in professional engineering software environments. You will create part geometry, develop reference solutions, and assess AI agent performance on projects that would typically require 10-15 hours of expert work.
Posted October 5, 2026
Mercor is seeking experienced mechanical engineers to support an advanced engineering and AI research initiative. The role involves evaluating mechanical designs, technical analyses, and testing methodologies for complex physical systems, bringing sound technical judgment based on field experience. This position is suited for professionals who have designed, analyzed, or tested mechanical or electromechanical products in production environments.
Posted September 26, 2026
Mercor is recruiting systems and integration engineering experts to support an advanced research initiative in engineering and AI. Your role is to apply hands-on expertise in systems integration, testing, reliability and failure analysis on complex hardware products in production environments. This position is designed for engineers who have worked directly on sophisticated physical products and can bring solid technical judgment to integration, verification, validation and troubleshooting challenges.
Posted September 26, 2026
This role calls for mechanical design engineers to contribute to training next-generation AI systems. You will use your expertise in CAD and manufacturing to create detailed models, interpret professional drawings, and optimize parts for production. No prior AI experience is required: your domain knowledge in mechanical engineering is the decisive asset.
Posted September 25, 2026
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Mercor is looking for experienced engineers to evaluate and rate technical solutions proposed by AI models in your area of expertise. You will critique the quality of analyses and designs generated, identifying gaps between theory and practical feasibility. This role is open on a continuous basis for engineers interested in AI evaluation and training work.
Posted September 15, 2026
Mercor is looking for mechanical engineers to evaluate and train AI models in technical judgment. The job involves writing design problems, scoring analyses proposed by models, and identifying gaps between theoretical calculations and practical reality. This role suits engineers with hands-on experience in mechanical design or analysis who can clearly communicate their reasoning.
Posted September 15, 2026
This role consists of using Inventor Professional to perform mechanical design tasks and 3D modeling. You must have the software installed on your own Windows computer and be capable of capturing high-resolution screenshots to document your work.
Posted September 13, 2026
You will use SolidWorks Premium to carry out mechanical design and 3D modeling tasks while capturing annotated data. This role is intended for engineers or designers with real-world experience using this software on Windows and who have appropriate computer hardware.
Posted September 13, 2026
You are an expert in aerospace and mechanical design and you master CAD tools: this role invites you to contribute to training an artificial intelligence by analyzing complex assemblies and writing precise technical questions about their characteristics. Your expertise in aerospace or mechanical engineering, applied to understanding FreeCAD files, will enable AI models to learn to reason about real engineering problems.
Posted September 11, 2026
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This role involves creating technical question-answer sets based on complex CAD assemblies in FreeCAD to train AI models. You will analyze detailed mechanical designs and write high-quality educational content demonstrating your expertise in mechanical engineering, aerospace, or industrial design.
Posted September 11, 2026
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31 Mechanical Engineering AI training jobs are open on SideHustler today. 3 were posted in the last 7 days. Listings are rechecked against the official postings: the latest check on this list was on October 8, 2026.
Among the 27 open roles that publish an hourly rate in USD, pay runs from $30 to $150 per hour, with a median of $70. These are the rates the platforms publish, not a guarantee of income or hours.
micro1 (13), DataAnnotation (6), Mercor (6), Mindrift (3), Alignerr (2) and Vetto (1). You apply on the platform itself, which handles screening, contracts and payment.
The most requested areas of expertise on these listings are Mechanical Engineering, CAD Modeling, Technical Documentation, Mechanical Design, Simulation Analysis. Each listing states its own requirements.
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