Senior Electrical Engineer | Upto $90/hr Part-time

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco.

Position

Energy and Power Expert

Type

Contract

Compensation

$82–$90 per hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

20 hours per week

Role Responsibilities

• Author, review, and annotate technical tasks to evaluate AI model performance on energy and power systems problems.
• Produce original problem sets grounded in one-line diagrams, load curves, generation profiles, and power electronics schematics.
• Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks to ensure accuracy and depth.
• Collaborate with AI research teams to improve training data quality and downstream performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

• PhD in Power Systems, Electrical Engineering, or Energy Engineering; or MS with 3+ years of utility, grid, or power electronics experience; or BS in EE or Energy Engineering with 5+ years of applied power systems, renewables, or generation experience.
• Working fluency in at least two of: power flow, machines and drives, renewables integration, grid operations, or power electronics.
• Comfortable reading single-line diagrams, PQ/VI curves, and generation/load profiles.

Preferred

• Utility, ISO/RTO, or renewables industry experience.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor.