- Experience
- 3+ yrs
- Location
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand
- Work mode
- Remote
- Job type
- Contract
- Duration
- 12 Weeks
- Weekly
- 10+ hours
- Salary
- $40–$120 / hour
- Posted
- today
About the role
The Embedded Systems Developer - AI Trainer will use practical expertise in embedded systems, electronics, and hardware engineering to create, evaluate, and critique realistic engineering tasks for frontier AI models. The role focuses on system-level design judgment, real hardware-software integrations, technical documentation, and identifying errors in model-generated circuits, calculations, component selections, and engineering reasoning. Applicants must have at least 3 years of industry experience, an in-progress Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline, strong written communication, and availability for at least 10 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Design challenging, realistic embedded systems problems based on professional practice, including embedded control loops, signal chains, and component integrations.
- Author supporting professional files such as simulation setups, schematics, datasheets, measurement data, and system design calculations.
- Run engineering problems through frontier AI models and evaluate the outputs against professional engineering standards.
- Compare two model versions using identical prompts, determine which performed better, and document where each model fell short.
- Critique model-generated system topologies, component selections, logic, and calculations.
- Write detailed technical rationale explaining why an answer is incorrect, incomplete, or inconsistent with engineering standards.
- Flag and document concrete failures with evidence, including wrong assumptions, unit errors, unphysical results, invalid component choices, fabricated datasheet values, and off-brief interpretations.
- Contribute domain expertise across embedded systems, signal processing, control loops, and mixed-signal circuits.
Required Qualifications
- At least 3 years of industry experience in embedded systems, electronics, or hardware engineering.
- Current or recent experience performing technical work as an individual contributor.
- Background in electrical/electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- In-progress Bachelor's degree or higher required.
- Strong command of system-level design tradeoffs and the ability to defend component-level decisions.
- Fluency with engineering tools, including MATLAB, Python, SPICE, schematic capture, and lab instruments.
- Strong written communication and the ability to articulate exactly why an answer is wrong, not just that it is wrong.
- Professional or native-level English.
- General familiarity with AI and LLM tools, or the ability to pick them up quickly.
- Location in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland, or New Zealand.
- Availability for at least 10 hours per week.
Benefits and Perks
- Ultimate Flexibility: Fully remote, project-based contract work with the ability to choose which projects to work on and when.
- Competitive Pay: $40–$120 per hour USD, with bonus rates available on some projects.
- No Overhead: Access to Claude and ChatGPT is provided; personal subscriptions are not required.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible multi-day task timers, no shift work, and no weekly maximums after the 10-hour minimum.
Skills
- Embedded systems
- Electronics
- Hardware engineering
- Real hardware-software integrations
- System-level engineering
- Circuits
- Embedded control loops
- Signal chains
- Signal processing
- Control loops
- Mixed-signal circuits
- System-level design tradeoffs
- Component-level decisions
- Simulation setups
- Schematics
- Datasheets
- Measurement data
- System design calculations
- Evaluating AI models
- Technical critique
- Engineering judgment
- Documenting technical rationale
- MATLAB
Education
Required
- Bachelor
Selection process
Step 1
Submitted
Someone who fits the role and has told you they are interested, with their resume.
Step 2
Client interviews
Step 3
Selected
If they qualify and are selected, your payout is due.