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Electrical Engineer - Fully Remote | Up to $120/hr

Competitive

Analyze design trade-offs, failure modes, and system-level engineering decisionsConstruction & EngineeringPosted 18d ago

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Job description

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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