Environmental Engineering – AI Data Trainer

About The Role

What if your environmental engineering expertise could help shape how the world's most advanced AI thinks about water treatment, air quality, and hazardous waste remediation

At Alignerr, we partner with leading AI research labs to build smarter, safer AI models — and we need domain experts like you to make it happen. As an Environmental Engineering AI Data Trainer, you'll stress-test cutting-edge language models, expose their blind spots, and help train them to reason correctly across complex environmental systems.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role where your technical depth directly influences the quality of next-generation AI.

Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

Design Challenging Problems — Develop advanced environmental engineering scenarios across contaminant transport, mass balance in treatment systems, hydrology, LCA, and more
Author Gold-Standard Solutions — Write rigorous, step-by-step technical solutions — from chemical dosage calculations to hydraulic flow models — that serve as the benchmark for AI responses
Audit AI Outputs — Critically evaluate AI-generated remediation plans, environmental impact statements, and engineering calculations for technical accuracy, safety, and regulatory compliance (EPA, ISO 14001, etc.)
Sharpen AI Reasoning — Identify flawed logic in AI responses — such as incorrect stoichiometry, missing secondary impacts, or improper unit conversions — and provide structured feedback to improve how models think

Who You Are

Pursuing or holding a Master's or PhD in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering (environmental focus), or a closely related field
Strong foundational knowledge in at least one of: aquatic chemistry, wastewater process design, air quality engineering, or hazardous waste remediation
Able to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and precisely in writing
Detail-oriented — you catch unit conversion errors, broken stoichiometry, and regulatory gaps that others miss
No prior AI or data annotation experience required

Nice to Have

Experience with data annotation, data quality review, or evaluation frameworks
Familiarity with environmental modeling software (e.g., AERMOD, EPANET, SimaPro)

Why Join Us

Work at the frontier of AI development alongside top research teams
Fully remote and asynchronous — work when and where it suits you
Freelance flexibility with the potential for ongoing contract work
Rare opportunity to apply deep technical expertise in a high-impact, non-traditional role
Contribute to AI systems that will reason about real-world environmental challenges

Environmental Engineering - AI Data Trainer