01 · The role
What you would do
- Build enterprise mechanical engineering scenarios, from product design cycles to design reviews and manufacturing or regulatory certification
- Cover areas such as CAD modeling, thermal and fluid analysis, structural and stress analysis, manufacturing processes and failure analysis
- Set scenarios in tools such as SolidWorks, ANSYS, CATIA, MATLAB/Simulink and PLM systems like Teamcenter or Windchill
- Produce reference design specifications and engineering analyses for each task
- Write rubrics that separate real engineering judgment from textbook recall
02 · Requirements
What they ask for
- Five or more years as a mechanical engineer or engineering lead at a Fortune 500 company or a major industrial, automotive, aerospace or manufacturing firm
- Has personally owned major product designs, manufacturing processes or engineering certification programs
- Working knowledge of methods such as FEA and CFD, DFM/DFA, Six Sigma and GD&T, and of how safety standards and certification (such as ASME, ISO, FAA or FDA) work in practice
Helpful, not required
- A professional engineering credential, such as a US PE, CEng or EUR ING
- Past experience writing rubrics, engineering training material or design documentation
- Mechanical engineering
- Task design
- Rubric writing
- ASME and ISO standards
03 · Eligibility
Who can apply
Remote. The listing does not name eligible countries, so Mercor's own rules decide: it can only onboard people in countries its payments support, which in October 2026 included Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Egypt but not Kenya.
Some African countriesOpen in NigeriaOpen in GhanaOpen in South AfricaOpen in Egypt
- NigeriaCan apply
- KenyaCannot apply
- GhanaCan apply
- South AfricaCan apply
- EgyptCan apply
That is as far as the listing and Mercor's country rules show: the listing has the last word, and rules change. Mercor in Africa
Apply from where you live, as yourself. Using a VPN or someone else's identity to get around a country rule breaks these platforms' terms, and it is the quickest way to lose an account and any unpaid earnings.
04 · Applying
How to get in
You apply through Mercor's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.
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- Getting paid from Africa: PayPal, Payoneer, Airtm, Wise and more. It covers which of Mercor's payout routes work where you live, and what they cost.
05 · Source
About this listing
We last confirmed this opening on Nov 11, 2026, and it was posted on Nov 5, 2026. Rates and hours come from the listing unless the note beside the rate says otherwise. Where the listing names no countries, the Africa status is our reading of it and of what is known of Mercor's country rules, set out on its profile, and never marks a role more open than they show. The listing itself has the final word.
The listing on work.mercor.com(opens in a new tab)