Semiconductor Engineering Expert (Remote AI Evaluation Contract)
Welcome to Jobtacular! We connect top-tier domain practitioners directly with frontier AI labs. We are on the hunt for a sharp, detail-oriented Semiconductor Engineering Expert (Remote AI Evaluation Contract) ($85 - $185/hour) to assist with benchmarking and human evaluation. If you have deep experience in Technical Depth in a Subdomain, Engineering Judgment Under Constraints, Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong, Material Science, this flexible engagement gives you the freedom to set your own hours while earning top-market hourly rates.
The Role & What You'll Tackle
Opportunity Snapshot
Pay:
$80- $185/hour
Commitment:
Flexible — fits alongside your current roleLocation:
Fully remoteYou’ll need:
Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials, physics, or a closely related field, plus principal-level industry experience or a faculty appointmentYour tasks:
Build challenging technical problems from your own domain and define what makes an answer correctYou'll be working on
The problems where the textbook answer isn’t enough, where the right approach depends on reading the constraints correctly, where a plausible-looking solution is quietly wrong. You’ll build those problems, provide the correct analysis, and define what separates a right answer from one that only looks righ
What you’ll do
- Design difficult technical problems from your own area — device physics, process integration, circuit design, lithography, packaging, yield and reliability — with realistic constraints and supporting data.
- Provide the correct solution and walk through the reasoning that gets there.
- Define objective criteria for correctness, so another expert reviewing the work would reach the same verdict.
- Review problems built by other contributors for technical accuracy and soundness of method.
- Flag problems that turn out to be ambiguous or ungradable rather than submitting them.
What we’re looking for
- Master’s or PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, applied physics, or a closely related field.
- Principal, staff, or fellow-level experience at a major semiconductor company, or a faculty appointment at a leading university.
- Deep technical depth in at least one semiconductor subdomain, with hands-on ownership of the work.
- Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another engineer could verify it.
- Publications, patents, or a record of technical leadership is a strong plus.
- AI or LLM evaluation experience is a plus, but not required.
How the selection process works
- Apply and complete the screening questions
- Complete the AI interview for this role — it’s how your expertise gets in front of the client
- Profile review
- Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up
Rate, Schedule & Why You'll Love It
This contract position is offered at $85 - $185/hour with immediate onboarding upon approval. Work 100% remotely from the United States, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland. Candidates are evaluated on verified subject matter mastery. Select Apply Now below to access the official candidate assessment portal directly.