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 countriesOpen in South Africa
- 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.
- How to pass AI training assessments: what the assessment checks, and how to prepare.
- Getting paid from Africa: PayPal, Payoneer, Airtm, Wise and more. It covers which of Mindrift's payout routes work where you live, and what they cost.
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.
The listing on jobs.workable.com(opens in a new tab)