Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers (Must own MacBook)

$50–60/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~10–20 hrs/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Engineering

Complete and narrate practical industrial and manufacturing engineering workflows to help benchmark and improve AI models. The work is part time and requires an eligible MacBook or Mac running macOS 15 or higher.

The work

You will complete realistic process, operations and production engineering tasks on your own Mac, then explain the decisions you make. Assignments may involve process design, lean or Six Sigma analysis, production planning, quality control or supply chain analysis using spreadsheets, CAD, process-mapping or statistical tools. The resulting work is used as training and evaluation data for AI models.

What Mercor screens for

The initial application includes a resume review and a three-minute AI interview focused on research and reasoning. Expect the screen to test whether you can describe specific engineering work, support decisions with operational evidence and narrate a workflow clearly enough for another engineer to review. Candidates who progress complete a brief paid assessment.

Practical details

The expected commitment is approximately 10 to 20 hours per week, with an immediate start preferred. The listing describes work completed on your own computer but does not state a location requirement or confirm whether all work is asynchronous, so candidates should verify remote-work and scheduling arrangements during onboarding. You must own a MacBook or Mac with an Apple M-series chip or Intel processor running macOS 15 or higher.

Pay band: $50–60/hr

What they look for

Industrial, Manufacturing, Systems Engineering or a related engineering degree
Process design, lean or Six Sigma, production planning, quality control or supply chain analysis
Applied use of spreadsheets, CAD, process-mapping or statistical tools
Ability to explain engineering decisions while completing a workflow
Written and verbal communication
Eligible MacBook or Mac running macOS 15 or higher

Included with this listing

Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: This checks whether you meet one of the stated background routes and whether your experience is directly connected to process, operations or production engineering.
A strong answer: State the degree, institution and study status or completion date, then give the dates and scope of any relevant professional experience. Connect that background to specific manufacturing or operations workflows rather than summarizing an entire resume.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose points by saying only that they have an engineering background without making clear whether they are pursuing or recently completed Master's studies, or have the stated Bachelor's and experience combination.

Summary, eligibility guidance and screening preparation are prepared by Sidequest from the platform's posting. Check the source listing before applying.