Job Summary

The Civil Engineer – AI Training role with SME Careers focuses on applying professional civil engineering expertise to evaluate and improve how advanced AI systems understand, reason about, and communicate complex engineering concepts.

This Civil Engineer AI role involves reviewing AI-generated technical content, challenging language models with realistic engineering problems, identifying errors or unsafe recommendations, and providing expert feedback to improve model accuracy and engineering reasoning.

The position is with SME Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of SuperAnnotate that provides training data for major AI companies and foundation-model labs.

About the Role

The Civil Engineer AI Training role is designed for experienced civil engineering specialists with strong technical precision, applied problem-solving skills, and infrastructure-focused reasoning.

You will evaluate, challenge, and refine advanced language models across domain-specific civil engineering topics.

The work includes reviewing technical calculations, design questions, engineering assumptions, model explanations, and step-by-step solutions while helping ensure AI-generated content reflects appropriate engineering principles and safety considerations.

Important

There is no immediate project available for this role.

Qualified candidates may be among the first experts contacted when relevant opportunities become available and will gain access to potential future projects through the expert network.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate AI-Generated Engineering Content

Responsibilities include:

• Evaluating AI-generated responses for technical accuracy, logical soundness, completeness, and clarity
• Reviewing AI-generated content across civil engineering topics
• Identifying factual errors and flawed engineering assumptions
• Identifying missing constraints
• Flagging unsafe recommendations
• Identifying incomplete engineering reasoning
• Providing structured expert feedback to improve model performance

Challenge and Refine AI Models

The Civil Engineer AI role involves testing advanced language models using realistic civil engineering problems.

Responsibilities include:

• Challenging AI models with realistic civil engineering scenarios
• Evaluating engineering calculations
• Developing and assessing design questions
• Evaluating code-informed engineering reasoning tasks
• Reviewing and refining AI-generated prompts
• Reviewing model responses and technical explanations
• Evaluating step-by-step engineering solutions

Civil Engineering Subject Areas

The role involves assessing AI model performance across areas such as:

• Structural loads
• Soil behaviour
• Slope stability
• Drainage design
• Pavement systems
• Reinforced concrete
• Steel design
• Construction sequencing

Technical Communication and Engineering Safety

Responsibilities include:

• Helping shape AI communication standards for technical civil engineering content
• Ensuring models clearly communicate engineering assumptions
• Ensuring limitations and calculations are appropriately explained
• Supporting appropriate use of professional engineering judgement
• Ensuring AI-generated content reflects sound engineering principles
• Ensuring appropriate safety considerations are incorporated
• Supporting responsible technical communication

Your Profile

Candidates for this Civil Engineer – AI Training role should have:

• At least 4 years of professional civil engineering experience
• Significant hands-on experience within one or more civil engineering specialties
• Deep knowledge of civil engineering fundamentals
• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline

Relevant professional experience may include:

• Infrastructure design
• Structural analysis
• Geotechnical engineering
• Transportation engineering
• Water resources
• Environmental engineering
• Construction management
• Closely related civil engineering specialties

Relevant fundamental knowledge should include:

• Statics
• Mechanics of materials
• Soil mechanics
• Hydraulics
• Materials behaviour
• Load paths
• Construction methods
• Infrastructure systems

A Master’s degree, PhD, PE licence, or equivalent advanced professional credential is strongly preferred.

Previous experience with AI data training, annotation, or evaluating AI-generated technical content is considered a strong advantage.

How to apply

Apply online at: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4454093680/

Original listing source: LinkedIn / External recruitment platform.