Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Remote, Worldwide

Role Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Role Type: Contractor (~15hrs/week)

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Senior Mechanical Design Engineers to contribute to a customer's project involving complex CAD assembly exploration and AI advancement. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

Analyze and dissect multi-part mechanical assemblies to identify critical design decisions, constraints, and potential failure points that challenge expert reasoning.

Formulate challenging, non-obvious technical questions that test real-world mechanical design judgment, ensuring relevance and difficulty beyond junior-level understanding.

Validate and document defensible, exact answers directly from CAD models, ensuring clear traceability and accuracy.

Review AI-generated outputs, pinpoint breakdowns or inaccuracies in mechanical reasoning, and suggest targeted improvements.

Flag ambiguous, trivial, or unanswerable questions, refining or sharpening them...