Mindrift
MechanicalEngineer&PythonExpert-FreelanceAITrainer
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“Mechanical Engineer & Python Expert - Freelance AI Trainer at Mindrift. Skills: Mechanical Engineering, Python, AI Training. Design computational engineering problems to challenge a frontier AI model. Write a Python reference solution”
What You'll Achieve.
Design problems with answers verifiable by code; Design problems requiring specialized tools; Achieve a pass rate in the 10–30% band for AI agent attempts
Industry & Context.
Design problems that genuinely require a specialized tool; Tune the problem difficulty until the agent only succeeds in a small number of attempts; Calibrate pass rate to 10–30% band
Problems run inside a sealed Linux container with the tool pre-installed, Programmatic judge grades the model's answer
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related, 2+ years of research, applied, or teaching, Python proficiency for writing reference, Ability to design problems that genuinely require a specialized, written English (C1+)
Nice to Have
Fluency with — or willingness to independently learn — at least one scriptable mechanical engineering package: Cantera, CoolProp, CalculiX, OpenFAST, YADE, or similar tools from the broader engineering
What You'll Do.
Design computational engineering problems to challenge a frontier AI model
Write a Python reference solution
Supply input files and geometry or mechanism definitions
Decide the numerical answer and tolerance
Test the problem against the model
Tune the problem difficulty
Rewrite thermodynamic cycles
Tighten material models and boundary conditions
Analyze simulation stalls and solver convergence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Task review by senior reviewer in your subfield; Feedback provision by senior reviewer
Communication Scope
Written English (C1+)
Full Job Description
_**Please submit your CV in English and indicate your level of English proficiency.**_ Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. **Participation isproject-based, not permanent employment.** **What this opportunity involves** You design computational engineering problems to challenge a frontier AI model. The problem must have an answer verifiable by code, and the problem has to require a specialized tool like Cantera, CoolProp, CalculiX, OpenFAST, or others. Generic numerical libraries on their own won't cut it. Each problem runs inside a sealed Linux container with the tool pre-installed and a programmatic judge that grades the model's answer. As an expert author, you: • Pick an anchor tool and design a problem that hinges on its solvers, simulation kernels, or domain-specific models. • Write a Python reference solution, supply input files and geometry or mechanism definitions where needed. • Decide the numerical answer and how close the model needs to get — with a domain-appropriate tolerance — to count as right. • Test the problem against the model in batches of parallel attempts, tuning the problem difficulty until the agent only succeeds in a small number of attempts. • Once you're happy with the task, and it scores within range, the task goes to a senior reviewer in your subfield. They will provide feedback to ensure task quality is high. Calibration requires patience. You're tuning the problem against batches of parallel runs of the agent, aiming for a pass rate in the 10–30% band. Reaching that means rewriting thermodynamic cycles, tightening material models and boundary conditions, and watching how the agents act. You'll learn how these agents cut corners, where a simulation stalls, where a solver converges. This time compounds in two directions. You come out of each task with deeper command of the anchor tool itself, and also get a hands-on working
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