Material Scientist with Python - Freelance AI Trainer
Remote · Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal or Portugal
Job Summary
Material Scientist or engineer sought for part-time, project-based AI training tasks. Responsibilities include designing original material engineering problems that simulate real workflows, creating problems requiring Python programming to solve engineering calculations and simulations, ensuring solutions are computationally intensive with numerical methods, developing problems involving system design, optimization, and analysis, basing problems on real research challenges, verifying solutions using Python with standard engineering libraries, and documenting problem statements with verified correct answers. The opportunity targets material scientists/engineers with Python experience, open to part-time, non-permanent projects, with compensation up to $29 per hour equivalent and projects estimated at ~10–20 hours per week during active phases; remote work is available, including Portugal-based opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Material Science or related fields
- Python proficiency for numerical validation
- 2+ years of professional experience (applied, research, or teaching)
- Understanding of practical engineering constraints and approximations
- Strong written English (C1+)
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