Mercor · Finance & specialist
Engineering Simulation Specialist - review AI outputs in your specialty
Listed on Mercor as “Engineering Simulation Specialist”
What this actually is
You bring your specialist expertise to AI evaluation. The shape of the work varies but the pattern is the same: review outputs, rate quality, write prompts, flag errors. The platform title (Engineering Simulation Specialist) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
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Can you do this on your visa?
F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.
Korean tax on USD income
First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.
Original posting from Mercor
About the role
A frontier engineering-reasoning evaluation run in collaboration with a leading AI research lab. The work measures whether state-of-the-art models can reason from first principles in your engineering domain rather than retrieve facts from training data - and you get visibility into the model's internal reasoning on your own tasks.
What you'll do
Domain experts write simulations and specification sheets; the model attempts to design an artifact - controller gains, circuit parameters, geometry - that satisfies every spec.
You define the simulation, a set of specs with pass/fail thresholds, and the prompt. The model probes your simulation with a limited number of calls, then submits a final design. An agentic grader runs the simulation and scores spec satisfaction.
Who we're looking for
- Deep applied expertise in control systems, analog or RF circuits, power electronics, or mechanical design - PhD or equivalent industry track record.
- Comfortable writing simulations in Python and expressing acceptance criteria as quantitative, testable thresholds.
- Able to design a problem you can't shortcut yourself, but can still judge rigorously.
- Comfortable working in a browser-based studio and GitHub.
Support
Onboarding calls run daily, alongside internal tooling built to help you work faster. Prior model-evaluation experience is not required.
Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-09-08. We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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