Job Description
About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Manufacturing - Chemical Engineering Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include process flow diagrams , P&IDs , PHA/HAZOP reports , mass & energy balance models , turnaround plans , OSHA PSM documentation , and email threads. Represent platforms like Aspen Plus/CHEMKIN , ANSYS Fluent , and Siemens Opcenter . Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully. Collaborate with other chemical-engineering experts to design the environment. Shape task scope and review scenarios for realism and rigor. Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for chemical-process agent benchmarks. Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems . Qualifications Must-Have BS/MS/PhD in Chemical Engineering or related discipline. 3+ years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 chemical, petrochemical, or specialty-materials company, or major engineering/EPC firm . Background in process design, simulation, or scale-up; plant operations, operations engineering, or turnaround planning; process safety (PHA/HAZOP, PSM under 29 CFR 1910.119); R&D or product development; EH&S, emissions compliance, or sustainability engineering. Day-to-day use of CHEMKIN/Aspen Plus , ANSYS Fluent/STAR-CCM+ , and Siemens Opcenter or Rockwell FactoryTalk . Strong analytical thinking and writing. Able to translate process-industry workflows into structured task specs. Preferred PE
