Quality Engineer

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Quality & Compliance Engineering Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $75–$100/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build long-horizon quality tasks with deterministic rubrics that grade agent performance against verifiable ground truth.
• Develop scenarios in Non-conformance and CAPA with required fields and documented root causes and containment actions.
• Prepare audit responses against specific ISO/FDA clauses with known correct citations.
• Create verification and validation protocols with defined acceptance criteria and pass/fail outcomes.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving task quality and throughput.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 3+ years in quality engineering or compliance in a regulated industry (medical device, aerospace, auto, pharma).
• Expertise in ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA QSR / 21 CFR 820, IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 14971, CAPA methodology.
• Comfortable reading and producing quality artifacts: NCRs, CAPAs, audit responses, V&V protocols.
• Clear written communication; can articulate reasoning step by step and encode it into deterministic rubrics.

Preferred

• ASQ CQE/CQA or equivalent.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor
• Strong contributors are promoted based on task quality and throughput.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.