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Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)

AI data training

micro1 is engaging experienced Hardware Engineers to contribute to AI training projects built around complex, real-world engineering problems.

Worldwide
Hiring companyMicro1
Application process4.4 / 5Based on 7 reviews
Work experience4.8 / 5Based on 8 reviews

About the role

In this role, you will use your technical expertise to create, solve, and evaluate engineering challenges that require sound judgment, quantitative reasoning, and reproducible answers.

We are looking for engineers who have personally owned meaningful technical work—such as taking a hardware system into production, validating a model against test data, developing a rigorous verification approach, or diagnosing a difficult failure. We value engineers who can connect first-principles reasoning with practical constraints and produce work that can be independently verified.

Responsibilities

  1. Create technically rigorous, self-contained hardware engineering problems based on realistic industry or research scenarios.
  2. Develop clear reference solutions using engineering calculations, simulations, scripts, experimental reasoning, or other appropriate methods.
  3. Use tools such as Python, MATLAB, Simulink, SPICE, Julia, C/C++, test automation platforms, or equivalent engineering software to validate results when relevant.

Experience and education (Preferred)

  1. Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field.
  2. Significant professional or research experience in hardware engineering, product development, systems integration, testing, validation, reliability, or failure analysis.
  3. Demonstrated ownership of a substantial engineering problem—for example, a product or subsystem that reached production, a model validated against physical testing, a test system you developed, or a difficult failure you diagnosed.
  4. Experience working with Coding Agents is a must.

Assessment requirements

Process

  1. Apply to the role and complete the screening questions.
  2. Complete an AI interview of approximately 30 minutes.
  3. Complete the hiring manager review.

Start Timeline & Availability

We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts who are ready to begin immediately. If selected, you will be expected to start your first task within 24–48 hours of completing onboarding.

Schedule details

Job Type: Contractor (~15 hours per week).

Schedule: Flexible—you choose the hours and days you work, including weekends if desired.

Eligibility

Work arrangement: Fully remote

Eligible locations: Worldwide

Compensation details

Pay: $60–$120/hour

Compensation Structure

Compensation is output-based. Experts are paid per task that meets the project specifications. The time required to complete each task may vary depending on the expert’s experience and workflow.

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