Engineering Design Specialist (Simulation-Based Systems)

About Us

Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.

Role overview

We are looking for Engineering Design Specialists (e.g., electrical, mechanical, robotics, etc) to create simulation-based design challenges used to train and evaluate advanced AI systems.

This role goes beyond analysis — it focuses on true engineering design thinking, where problems require trade-offs, iterative reasoning, and validation against physics-based simulations under real-world constraints.

Commitments Required: 8 hours per day with an overlap of 4 hours with PST.

Employment type: Contractor assignment (no medical/paid leave)

Duration of contract: 5+ months

Location: Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, Vietnam

Interview: take home assessment (60min) + short interview

Your Daily Responsibilities

• Design realistic, simulation-driven engineering problems with clear constraints and optimization goals
• Develop complete problem sets including: Reference solutions, Edge cases and failure modes, Near-miss variants
• Ensure problems reflect real-world engineering complexity, including competing requirements and design trade-offs
• Validate correctness and physical realism (units, boundary conditions, convergence, feasibility)
• Collaborate with research teams to refine problem quality based on model performance
• Continuously improve problem difficulty and diversity across scenarios

Domain Expertise (at least one required)

• Electrical & Computer Engineering — analog/mixed-signal, power electronics, RF, FPGA/ASIC, embedded systems
• Mechanical Engineering — thermal/fluids, structures, dynamics, HVAC, manufacturing
• Chemical Engineering — reactors, separations, process optimization, thermochemistry
• Control Systems — feedback systems, state estimation, nonlinear/robust control
• Materials / Nano — materials selection, microstructure design, nanoscale systems
• Engineering Physics / Optics — photonics, lasers, wave propagation
• Aerospace Engineering — aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics
• Civil / Structural Engineering — structural design, geotechnical, seismic/wind loads
• Nuclear / Energy — reactor systems, thermal-hydraulics, energy systems
• Systems Engineering — system architecture, trade studies, integration
• Robotics — kinematics, motion planning, mechatronics

Requirements:
• Master’s or PhD in Engineering or Applied Science
• 3+ years of hands-on engineering design experience (not purely analytical roles)
• Proven ability to design systems under competing constraints and specifications
• Experience with at least one simulation tool relevant to your domain
• Strong Python (or equivalent scripting) skills
• High attention to detail and engineering rigor

Nice to Have

• Experience designing academic or industry-level engineering challenges
• Exposure to AI/LLM evaluation or benchmarking
• Familiarity with CI/CD or automated validation pipelines
• Cross-domain experience (e.g., control systems, robotics, energy systems)