01 · The role
What you would do
- Write self-contained hardware-engineering problems set in realistic industry or research situations
- Write a clear reference solution for each, using calculations, simulations or scripts
- Validate results with tools such as Python, MATLAB, Simulink, SPICE, Julia or C/C++ where relevant
02 · Requirements
What they ask for
- Hardware-engineering expertise; the title asks for an MSc or PhD
- Experience working with AI coding agents, which the listing treats as essential
- Availability for about 15 hours a week and a minimum number of task submissions each week
- Pass micro1's screening: application questions, an AI interview of about 30 minutes and a review by the hiring manager
Helpful, not required
- A degree in electrical, mechanical, mechatronics, aerospace or systems engineering, applied physics or a related field
- Significant work, in industry or research, on hardware development, systems integration, testing, validation, reliability or failure analysis
- Ownership of a significant engineering problem, such as a product that reached production or a difficult failure you diagnosed
- Hardware engineering
- Python
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- SPICE
- Coding agents
03 · Eligibility
Who can apply
Global and fully remote, the listing says. None of Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa or Egypt is on micro1's list of countries it cannot hire from.
Open in Africa
Open to applicants in Africa, as far as the listing and micro1's country rules show. micro1 in Africa
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04 · Applying
How to get in
You apply through micro1's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.
- How AI interviews work at micro1 and Mercor: what the AI interview checks, and how to prepare.
- Getting paid from Africa: PayPal, Payoneer, Airtm, Wise and more. It covers which of micro1's payout routes work where you live, and what they cost.
05 · Source
About this listing
We last confirmed this opening on Oct 31, 2026, and it was posted on Oct 16, 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 micro1'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 jobs.micro1.ai(opens in a new tab)