CAD and Simulation Engineering Consultant

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this role. OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling, helping specialists discover projects, build a professional profile, and apply in minutes.

Creating an OpenTrain account is free. Through this role, your engineering expertise can contribute directly to the development and evaluation of advanced AI systems.

• Contractor engagement with part-time scheduling
• Worldwide opportunity for qualified candidates
• Minimum time requirement of 20+ hours per week
• English proficiency required

About AI Training and Engineering Evaluation

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Modern models learn from carefully prepared examples, technical explanations, evaluations, and expert feedback supplied by people with real-world knowledge.

In this role, your CAD and simulation experience will help create realistic engineering problems, reproducible solutions, and technical reviews used to train and evaluate advanced AI models.

• Work on cutting-edge AI development through expert technical contributions
• Apply professional engineering judgment to model-generated or submitted solutions
• Help improve how AI systems handle complex technical workflows

The Role

OpenTrain is seeking an experienced CAD and simulation engineering consultant to design, solve, and review engineering tasks used in AI training and evaluation. You will develop CAD models, conduct simulation and analysis for aerospace, mechanical, and electrical components, and validate designs with industry-standard tools.

This role requires deep expertise in simulation workflows and the ability to produce clear, technically correct, and reproducible engineering solutions. You will work independently while documenting assumptions, methods, engineering decisions, and outcomes.

• Engagement type: Contractor and part time
• Work location: Worldwide
• Time commitment: 20+ hours per week
• Primary subject area: CAD engineering, simulation, and analysis

What You'll Do

You will translate technical requirements into structured engineering tasks and simulation workflows. Your work may cover aerospace, mechanical, and electrical components, with an emphasis on realistic inputs, defensible assumptions, and measurable results.

You will also assess other engineers' submissions for technical correctness and completeness, using analytical checks and domain expertise to validate their work.

• Develop CAD models and perform simulation or analysis for aerospace, mechanical, and electrical components
• Validate designs using CATIA, SolidWorks, ANSYS, MATLAB, or comparable tools
• Create realistic problem statements, simulation models, calculations, schematics, and supporting technical assets
• Define inputs, assumptions, constraints, operating conditions, output metrics, and acceptance criteria
• Validate simulation results through analytical checks
• Review other engineers' submissions for technical correctness and completeness
• Optimize designs based on simulation results
• Document methodologies, engineering decisions, and outcomes
• Use Python or MATLAB scripting for automation, analysis, and result processing

Required Qualifications

The listing metadata identifies this opportunity as entry level, but the role requirements call for a minimum of 10 years of hands-on CAD engineering and simulation experience in professional organizations. Candidates should be able to create realistic engineering problem statements and communicate technical decisions clearly.

You should have strong aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering fundamentals and practical experience with modeling, simulation, design projects, simulation validation, and peer review.

• 10+ years of professional CAD engineering and simulation experience
• Strong proficiency in CAD engineering and simulation tools
• Proficiency in at least one major simulation tool such as MATLAB/Simulink, ANSYS, or COMSOL
• Strong aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering fundamentals
• Hands-on modeling, simulation, or design project experience
• Ability to validate simulation results and perform peer reviews
• Analytical problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Clear communication of assumptions and engineering decisions
• Professional proficiency with relevant domain-specific engineering tools

Tools and Technical Experience

Relevant professional experience may include work with a broad range of CAD, electrical, multiphysics, and simulation platforms. The role values the ability to select appropriate tools, structure reliable workflows, and explain the reasoning behind technical results.

• MATLAB/Simulink and Simscape Electrical
• LTspice, PSpice, ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, and OpenDSS
• ANSYS, Ansys Maxwell, and COMSOL
• CATIA and SolidWorks
• Altium Designer, KiCad, AutoCAD Electrical, and EPLAN
• Python or MATLAB scripting for automation and result processing

Helpful Background

A PhD in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering is helpful but is not listed as a mandatory requirement. Prior experience working with leading aerospace or engineering companies is also helpful.

• PhD in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering
• Experience with leading aerospace or engineering companies

How to Apply Through OpenTrain

Create a free OpenTrain account, build your profile around your CAD, simulation, and engineering experience, and apply in minutes. Highlight the tools you use, the systems you have modeled or analyzed, and your experience validating technical work.

OpenTrain supports people building careers in the fast-growing AI training industry. This opportunity lets experienced engineers apply their specialist knowledge to the development of advanced AI models while working remotely with a flexible part-time schedule.

• Create or update your free OpenTrain profile
• Showcase relevant CAD, simulation, modeling, and review experience
• Apply for the contractor opportunity through OpenTrain
• Plan for a commitment of at least 20 hours per week