Mercor is partnering with leading AI labs to advance frontier agent evaluations in process and operations engineering. As a Process & Operations Engineering Expert, you’ll build long-horizon ops-engineering tasks that mirror the work you already do, each paired with a deterministic rubric that grades agent performance against verifiable ground truth. Tasks need to have checkable answers; no open-ended essays, no subjective judgment calls.

Expect to build scenarios across:

• Process documentation: process flow diagrams and SOPs with required steps and control points

• Analysis: yield and quality analyses with ground-truth defect rates, root-cause investigations with a documented correct cause

• FMEA and improvement work: FMEAs against a failure-mode checklist, Six Sigma writeups with verifiable statistical outputs

These scenarios will be challenging and take long sessions of focus.

Who we’re looking for

• BS or MS in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering; 3+ years in process, operations, or manufacturing engineering

• Expertise in one or more of the following: Lean, Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt), SPC, FMEA, root cause methodology (5 Whys, fishbone, 8D)

• Comfortable reading and producing ops-engineering artifacts: process flows, SOPs, FMEAs, project charters, kaizen reports

• Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics

• Located in the United States or Canada

Compensation

$75–$100/hr depending on domain depth and prior experience. Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.