Handshake AICoding & software eval
Aerospace Engineering Professional
up to $75/hr
About this role, in Handshake AI's words
Handshake is recruiting Aerospace Engineering Professionals to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project—but there’s no AI experience needed. In this program, you’ll leverage your professional experience to evaluate what AI models produce in your field, assess content related to your field of work, and deliver clear, structured feedback that strengthens the model’s understanding of your workplace tasks and language. The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.
Candidate background
Qualifications
- You have at least 4 years of professional experience in aerospace engineering.
- You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.
Quoted from selected sections of Handshake AI's posting. The full posting may state other conditions. Read the full posting
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Handshake AI's words
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Overview
Handshake is recruiting Aerospace Engineering Professionals to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project—but there’s no AI experience needed. In this program, you’ll leverage your professional experience to evaluate what AI models produce in your field, assess content related to your field of work, and deliver clear, structured feedback that strengthens the model’s understanding of your workplace tasks and language. The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.
Details
• The position is remote and asynchronous; work independently from wherever you are.
• The hours are flexible, with no minimum commitment, but most average 5-20 hrs
• The work includes developing prompts for AI models that reflect your field, and then evaluating responses.
• You’ll learn new skills and contribute to how AI is used in your field.
• Your placement into a project will be dependent on project availability—if you apply now and can’t work on this project, more will be available soon.
Qualifications
• You have at least 4 years of professional experience in aerospace engineering.
• You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.
Working with Handshake AIPay, getting started and work, from Handshake AI's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Paid weekly through Stripe. Handshake says it usually sends payouts by Wednesday afternoon for the previous Monday to Sunday week, and a payment can often take 48 hours to process and appear. Some projects set their own schedule. Non-US tax residents face 30% US withholding unless they certify the work was done outside the US. ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/32263614087575, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/33238954868759, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/39964143294615
- Before your first paid task
- Its pages give different answers on who can join. Its AI page says you must be based in the US, its help center says people outside the US can join by invitation only, and some of its postings ask for Indian work authorization or a base in Canada. Identity verification, tax details and a payout method come before paid work, and a failed assessment usually cannot be retaken. joinhandshake.com/ai, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/37145099086743, joinhandshake.com/ai/opportunities/physics-expert-india, joinhandshake.com/ai/opportunities/ai-evaluation-speciali..., ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/32244754462615, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/36935929970711, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/41129932721431
- How much work
- Applying does not guarantee a project, and there is no fixed timeline for an invitation. Projects can start, pause or end at short notice. ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/32244169079703, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/33238954868759, ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/38150760132119
- Contract
- Contractor, under an agreement with Handshake AI Solutions, LLC that says you are not an employee. joinhandshake.com/legal/contractor-agreement
Read on the pages linked above on 24 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
How does the pay compare?Across Coding & software eval roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from Handshake AI's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Coding & software eval
Across 392 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 14 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $90. This role's top rate, $75, is in the middle half. Of the 139 distinct rates we count, 46 are lower and 89 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr | 127 | $50 to $400 · median $100 |
| micro1 | 49 | $60 to $400 · median $110 |
| Handshake AI (this platform) | 42 | $47 to $125 · median $80 |
| Mercor | 36 | $60 to $200 · median $110 |
| Meridial (Invisible) | 34 | $22 to $150 · median $60 |
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This listing's history
- First seen here on 5 Sep 2026, and still on Handshake AI's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Handshake AI
- First seen by AIPayList
- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 11121730
Pay as the source states it: “Up to $75/hr”.
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