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CAD Engineer – AI Trainer

On Mindrift, run by Toloka

Up to $23/hr

Project-based work that trains and tests AI agents working inside a real CAD environment: you build part geometry, create reference solutions and assess how the agent handles long engineering tasks. It suits mechanical or aerospace engineers with at least five years of hands-on CAD work who hold their own professional CAD license.

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Pay

Up to $23/hr

An hourly-equivalent ceiling in US dollars on this South Africa posting, depending on your level and pace; not a guaranteed rate. Mindrift's Egypt posting of the role gives up to $9.

Type
Freelance
Hours
Project-based; an estimated 10 to 20 hours a week during active phases, not guaranteed
Africa
Some countries
Platform
Mindrift
Posted
Nov 5, 2026

01 · The role

What you would do

  • Design part geometry for long CAD tasks sized at 10 to 15 hours of expert work
  • Create reference solutions for those tasks
  • Assess an AI agent's attempts at the same tasks
  • Work with the CFD engineers who simulate the geometry you build

02 · Requirements

What they ask for

  • A degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related field
  • Five or more years of professional CAD modeling in CATIA, SolidWorks, Siemens NX, Creo or a similar tool
  • Your own active professional CAD license
  • Comfort with Python and GitHub
  • English at B2 level or higher

Helpful, not required

  • A master's degree or PhD
  • Experience getting geometry ready for simulation in ANSYS or a similar tool
  • CAD
  • CATIA
  • SolidWorks
  • Creo
  • Python
  • GitHub

03 · Eligibility

Who can apply

Remote, posted for South Africa; Mindrift runs the same role for Egypt in a separate posting. The listing does not say whether people living elsewhere can apply.

Countries named in the listing: South Africa.

Some African countries

  • NigeriaCannot apply
  • KenyaCannot apply
  • GhanaCannot apply
  • South AfricaCan apply
  • EgyptCannot apply

That is as far as the listing and Mindrift's country rules show: the listing has the last word, and rules change. Mindrift 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 Mindrift's own process. The steps from sign-up to first paid task are on its profile.

05 · Source

About this listing

We last confirmed this opening on Nov 6, 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 Mindrift'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.

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CAD Engineer – AI Trainer

Up to $23/hr

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