Electrical Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr
Competitive
You'll complete your application on the employer's website.
Competitive
You'll complete your application on the employer's website.
Job type
Salary
Competitive
Posted
18 days ago
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The company is seeking contract Electrical and Hardware Engineering Experts to apply hands-on expertise in evaluating hardware designs, engineering workflows, troubleshooting approaches, and technical solutions. The role also involves identifying design risks and developing or reviewing engineering problems, reference solutions, and evaluation criteria.
Responsibilities
Apply hands-on electrical and hardware engineering expertise to complex engineering tasks
Review and evaluate hardware designs , engineering workflows, and troubleshooting approaches
Analyze design trade-offs, failure modes, and system-level engineering decisions
Assess the technical correctness of solutions for real-world hardware problems
Identify errors, missing assumptions, and potential design risks
Develop or review engineering problems, reference solutions, and evaluation criteria
Preferred
Experience with companies that design and manufacture physical hardware products
Physical Hardware Product Industry Experience
Benefits
Fully remote work
Company
Expert staffing and frontier model training for enterprises
San Francisco, California, USA
https://mercor.com/
Founded in 2023
201-500 employees
Qualifications
5+ years of professional industry experience, including 3 years of recent hands-on experience in hardware development
Direct experience as the responsible engineer for substantial hardware development workflows
Expertise in RF systems, Power Electronics, Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, PCB Architecture, or Signal Integrity
Strong understanding of engineering constraints like component selection and system integration
Experience debugging hardware using laboratory equipment and simulation tools
Ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs clearly
Experience with companies that design and manufacture physical hardware products
5+ years of professional industry experience, including 3 years of recent hands-on experience in hardware development.
Required skills
Hardware Development, RF Systems, Power Electronics, Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Design, PCB Architecture, Signal Integrity, Component Selection, System Integration, Hardware Debugging, Laboratory Equipment, Simulation Tools
Experience
5+ years
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