Senior Mechanical Engineer (PhD) — AI Benchmark Problems
Mercor
Mercor in San Francisco, CA seeks a senior mechanical engineering expert to build a benchmark of the hardest reasoning questions in the field. You will author original, free-response engineering problems grounded in real industry scenarios and provide expert-level solutions for each. The role includes validating difficulty by running three frontier language models until at least one model fails. Required: PhD in Mechanical Engineering and 8+ years of hands-on experience in design, analysis, or #J-18808-Ljbffr Mercor
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