Engineering
Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert
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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
The company 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
Skills
- Technical Depth in a Subdomain
- Engineering Judgment Under Constraints
- Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong
- Advanced engineering and materials
This role at a glance
At $85–$185/hr, the Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert role comes to about $7,370–$16,030 a month for 20 hours a week, or $14,730–$32,070 a month full time — roughly $177,000–$385,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 8 days ago. Engineering roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 59 days before closing, counted over the 39 that have closed so far.
20 hours a week
$7,370–$16,030
a month, before tax
Full time
$14,730–$32,070
a month at 40 hours a week
A full year
$177,000–$385,000
full time, 52 weeks
Open for
8 days
Engineering roles here close after about 59 days, counted over 39 that have closed. Apply while it is open.
How this pay compares
This role pays $85–$185/hr. Across the 26 hourly engineering roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $63 to $121 an hour, and published rates range from $40 to $300. Its top rate of $185 sits above the category's median ceiling.
This role
$85–$185/hr
Engineering median
$63–$121/hr · full spread $40 to $300
What these skills pay
Hourly pay across every open role on RemoteJobsOne that asks for the same skills as this one.
- Engineering Judgment Under Constraints$85–$185/hr median
5 open roles · up to $185/hr
- Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong$85–$185/hr median
5 open roles · up to $185/hr
- Technical Depth in a Subdomain$85–$185/hr median
5 open roles · up to $185/hr
Questions about this role
How much does the Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert role pay?
It pays $85–$185/hr, which is about $14,730–$32,070 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.
Compare pay across remote rolesIs this Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert job fully remote?
Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.
Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?
It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.
How remote contract work worksWhat skills does the Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert role ask for?
The posting asks for Technical Depth in a Subdomain, Engineering Judgment Under Constraints, Knowing When an Answer Is Wrong and Advanced engineering and materials. Naming them clearly in your application helps.
How do I apply for Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert?
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