Civil Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time Contract
Listing checked September 18, 2026 · pay as published by Handshake AI
Overview
Handshake AI seeks experienced civil engineers and structural engineers to join a part-time, project-based effort that improves how AI systems handle engineering reasoning. You will use your own industry work as raw material, building expert problems from real design, modeling, estimating, and project tasks. Then you assess AI-generated answers for technical accuracy and whether they hold up in practice, and you write structured feedback that guides model improvement. The schedule stays flexible, so you can keep your current engineering role while contributing. Pay runs at $90.00 per hour for this remote contract opportunity.
What You'll Do5
- 1Develop expert engineering problems that draw on real design, modeling, estimating, and project work.
- 2Assess AI-generated responses for technical correctness and practical feasibility.
- 3Write structured feedback that helps AI models reason more like practicing engineers.
- 4Complete evaluation tasks on your own schedule, with no minimum hour requirement.
- 5Apply hands-on experience from civil or structural projects to judge whether AI output could support real build, price, or approval decisions.
Requirements7
- 1Current or recent civil or structural engineering work, with field experience within the past three years.
- 2A BS, MS, or PhD in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 3Direct ownership of technical outputs such as models, calculations, quantities, or estimates that other people use to build, price, or approve work.
- 4Depth in one or more areas: fabrication-accurate modeling, code-based structural design, takeoff and estimating, or applied simulation.
- 5PE or EIT credentials are preferred, though they are not required.
- 6Residence in the United States or Canada.
- 7Seniority carries less weight than proof that you personally produced the technical work.
Who Should Apply
The ideal candidate is a civil or structural engineer who has recent, hands-on ownership of models, calculations, quantities, or estimates that other teams depend on. You might work in design, fabrication modeling, code-based structural work, takeoff, estimating, or simulation, and you can explain how your outputs were used to build, price, or approve projects. A PE or EIT strengthens an application, but the project cares more about direct technical ownership. This role is less suitable if your background is academic, managerial, or site supervision without evidence of producing technical deliverables. Candidates often score low when their engineering examples fall outside the three-year window or when they cannot point to specific code-based design, fabrication-accurate modeling, takeoff, or estimating work.
Salary Insight
The listing states $90.00 per hour for this part-time contract role. That rate aligns with experienced civil and structural engineers who can produce technical outputs, not with entry-level review work. Because the engagement is project-based, your total earnings depend on how many tasks you choose to complete. The source does not specify a different pay structure or overtime terms.
Pay and demand for Civil Engineering roles
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$75/hour
This role
$90/hr
Most Civil Engineering roles pay $55–$95 per hour. This role's pay falls inside that range.
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