Mechanical Engineering Expert

What you'll do

You work through complete engineering problems the way a simulation engineer would, but scripted. A typical task starts from physical requirements, and you turn them into a computational model: generate geometry or a mesh, assign materials, loads, contacts and boundary conditions, set up the solver, run it, and then judge whether the result actually meets the physical and design constraints.

Analyses cover structural, thermal, dynamic, fatigue, buckling and vibration problems. Python does the heavy lifting throughout: model preparation, parameter sweeps, optimisation, post-processing and verification. You create tasks, solve them, and review and validate others.

micro1 is blunt that this is "a very coding heavy role" and that you must already use coding agents with Python in your workflow. If your simulation experience is all point-and-click in a commercial GUI, this is the wrong listing.

Who fits

• An MS or PhD in mechanical engineering or a close discipline, or a BS in mechanical engineering plus at least 1–2 years in design, analysis, simulation, testing or R&D
• Strong applied mechanics fundamentals
• Experience building analytical, computational or simulation-based solutions
• Practical Python, and real use of coding agents

Tools the ad mentions (none mandatory): CalculiX, Gmsh, Elmer, FEniCSx, CadQuery, OpenSCAD, OpenFOAM or an equivalent CLI tool; NumPy, SciPy, SymPy, pandas, Matplotlib, Jupyter, CAD or meshing APIs, FE libraries and optimisation packages.

What it pays

$80–150/hour as published, but compensation is output-based: paid per task that meets the project specifications, with minimum submission requirements. Expect about 15 hours a week on a flexible schedule you set yourself, weekends included if you like.

The process is screening questions, an AI interview of about 30 minutes, then a hiring manager review. micro1 says roles fill within 48 hours and first tasks start 24–48 hours after onboarding.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Open globally, with no country restriction
• A BS plus 1–2 years qualifies, a lower bar than the pay suggests
• Open-source toolchain: no expensive licence needed
• Flexible schedule at roughly 15 hours a week
• 100 openings, flagged as high demand

Less good:

• Per-task pay; the per-task fee and minimum are not published
• Coding-agent fluency is a hard expectation, not a nice-to-have
• End-to-end simulation tasks can take much longer than expected when a mesh or solver misbehaves
• Contractor engagement: no benefits, your own tax to manage

About this listing

Posted by micro1 on its own jobs portal and read on 24 September 2026. Location is "Global, fully remote". micro1 also lists a separate Mechanical Engineer role at $55–100/hour built around commercial CAD and conceptual FEA without the coding load. See micro1.