{"html":"<p><strong>About the Role</strong>\nMercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to measure how well frontier AI models perform real engineering design work. We&#39;re hiring experienced CAD, PCB, and 3D design engineers to build realistic, difficult design tasks that expose where AI still falls short.</p>\n<p>You&#39;ll design a realistic engineering problem (a prompt, input files, and a grader that checks the result), run it against frontier models, and refine it until it is fair, realistic, and hard. Realism always comes before difficulty.</p>\n<h4>We&#39;re Hiring Across Three Tracks</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Mechanical CAD:</strong> parts, assemblies, mechanisms, and tolerancing. Professional experience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, FreeCAD, or a comparable CAD tool is the baseline; Siemens NX and/or CATIA experience is highly valued. Tasks are built with code-based CAD (build123d, CadQuery, OpenCASCADE) and mesh tools (trimesh, manifold3d, Open3D)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Electronics / PCB:</strong> schematic capture, layout, DRC/ERC, footprints, and enclosure fit using KiCad (kicad-cli, pcbnew Python API); openEMS or RF/EM simulation is a plus</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>3D / Spatial-Temporal:</strong> scene construction, animation, rigging, physics, and camera work in headless Blender driven by Python, plus rendering with PyVista/VTK</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>What You&#39;ll Do</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Turn real design work from your field into self-contained tasks: a prompt, input files (STEP, KiCad projects, .blend files, meshes), and an automated grader</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Build and iterate on tasks with an AI coding agent (Claude Code) and version them in Git</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Run each task against frontier models, read the model transcripts, and close leaks and shortcuts until the task is hard for the right reasons</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Pass automated QA and peer review, and document the rationale behind any synthetic data you create</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Attend onboarding and calibration sessions</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>You&#39;re a Good Fit If You</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Have 3+ years of hands-on design experience in at least one track (industry, research lab, or serious freelance work)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>For the Mechanical CAD track: have hands-on professional experience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, FreeCAD, or a comparable CAD tool</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Have shipped real deliverables: fabricated boards, manufactured parts, production 3D assets, or published research</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Can share a portfolio of your own design work (a portfolio link is required to apply)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Write Python as part of your engineering work and are comfortable with the command line and Git</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Can judge whether a design is actually correct, not just whether it looks right</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Bonus Qualifications</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Siemens NX and/or CATIA experience (parts, assemblies, surfacing, drawings, or PLM such as Teamcenter/ENOVIA)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Experience scripting design tools: build123d/CadQuery, FreeCAD Python, NX Open, KiCad scripting, or Blender&#39;s Python API (bpy)</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>FEA, CFD, circuit, or EM simulation experience</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Robotics, Computer Graphics, or a related field</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Prior AI training, benchmark, or evaluation work, or heavy daily use of AI coding agents</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Role Highlights</h4>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Minimum 20 hours per week, active at least 5 days per week</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Role starts immediately, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis</p>\n</li>\n</ul>"}