Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert
micro1Legit · not rated yetPosted today
Pay: $85–185/hr
- Who can apply
- Countries not stated in the listing
- Hours
- Hours vary · Freelance
- Where
- Remote, work from home
- Job type
- Expert (SME) review
- Openings
- 5 openings
At a glance: A freelance, remote expert (SME) review job with micro1. It pays $85–185/hr, with hours that vary. The listing doesn't say which countries can apply.
Countries not stated
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- Pick a role, apply and answer the screening questions attached to it
- Sit the AI interview with Zara, spoken and recorded, about 20–40 minutes
- Complete a technical assessment if the role has one, then a hiring-manager review
- Take the offer, sign your Deel contract and clear the KYC identity check
How this pay compares
This job pays more than 92% of the 209 other software engineering jobs on the board that state pay; 7% pay more.
- This job
- $135/hrMiddle of $85–185/hr
- Median on micro1
- $60/hrFrom 324 other paid jobs
- Median in software engineering
- $65/hrFrom 209 other paid jobs
Requirements
- Qualifications
- Technical Depth in a Subdomain
- Engineering Judgment Under Constraints
- Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong
- Advanced engineering and materials
- Languages
- English
- Equipment
- Computer with a reliable internet connection
About this job
Role Title: Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
Opportunity Snapshot
Pay: $80- $185/hour
Commitment: Flexible — fits alongside your current role
Location: Fully remote
You’ll need: Master’s or PhD in an engineering or physical science field, plus principal-level industry experience or a faculty appointment
Your tasks: Build challenging technical problems from your own domain and define what makes an answer correct
micro1 is engaging principal-level engineers, scientists, and faculty to design the technical problems that measure what AI systems can actually do. Your domain expertise is what matters here — no prior AI experience required.
We’re building this across four areas: aerospace, semiconductors, manufacturing and industrial engineering, and materials science. If your work sits in one of those — or across two of them — this is for you.
The work draws on what you already know: 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.
What you’ll do
• Design difficult technical problems from your own area, 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 engineering, physics, materials, or a closely related field.
• Principal, staff, or fellow-level experience at a major engineering organization, a national lab, or a faculty appointment at a leading university.
• Deep technical depth in at least one area, with hands-on ownership of the work.
• Able to explain why an answer is correct clearly enough that another expert could verify it.
• Publications, patents, or a record of technical leadership is a strong plus.
How the selection process works
• Apply and complete the screening questions
• Complete the AI interview for this role
• Profile review
• Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up
Listing history
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